9 February 2022, 1.11pm EST Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator This week marks one year since residents of the canton…
Canada: Lake Babine Celebrates BC’s Rejection of Proposed Morrison Mine
FRIENDS OF MININGWATCH 8 February 2022, 9.34am EST Source: Lake Babine Nation Lake Babine Nation is celebrating the Province’s second rejection…
Zimbabwe: Mutare Residents Push For Reversal Of Chinese Quarry Deal
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Zimbabwe Villagers Fear Being Evicted to Make Way for Chinese Mining Company
February 02, 2022 6:02 PM Columbus Mavhunga MUTOKO, ZIMBABWE — Villagers in Zimbabwe say a Chinese mining company has told…
South Africa – The zama zama: Informal mining ‘unlike anything else in the world’
From left: Journalist, author and director Richard Poplak. (Photo: Mat Hayward / Getty Images) | Anthropologist, writer and documentarian Rosalind…
First Quantum Minerals Deal with Panama Sparks Major Environmental and Cultural Concerns
2 February 2022, 1.51pm EST Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator Last week, the Panamanian Campesino (small farmers) Union…
Panama is Worth More Without Mining: Position Statement on the Defense of the Environment and a Rejection of the New Mining Contract
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Ethiopia: Economists highlight local investment in mining industry
February 2, 2022 BY MAHLET ABDUL ADDIS ABABA– The government’s move to engage local investors in the mining sector will…
Australian mining company’s “SLAPP case” against its critics heads to Concourt
Constitutional issues at stake in R14.25 million defamation action against environmentalists and activists 1 February 2022 | By John YeldLaw | South Africa Archive photo…
Chinese Quarry Miner Faces Litigation Over Illegal Dangamvura Activities
1st February 2022 News Headlines Chinese company, Freestone Mines, is facing litigation for embarking on quarry mining activities in the Dangamvura…