BY FARAI SHAWN MATIASHE MARCH 2, 2022 The arrival of huge mining corporations has left thousands in Marange feeling like prisoners…
Canada: Court Rules Ottawa Can Maintain Secrecy on Aid to Goldcorp in Human Rights Dispute
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Congo seals deal with Israeli billionaire to recover assets
Bloomberg News | February 28, 2022 | 8:00 am Africa Cobalt Copper Diamond Gold Oil & Gas Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, pictured here. (Image: Bloomberg Markets via YouTube.)…
Canada: Support First Nations’ Free, Prior and Informed Consent! Restart the Ring of Fire Regional Assessment
28 February 2022, 3.00pm EST Mining companies have their eyes set on developing the so-called “Ring of Fire,” a complex…
Zimbabwe: Chinese Granite Miner Corruptly Obtained License, Court Hears
28th February 2022 Zimbabwe By Staff Reporter TWO Mines and Mining Development ministry workers have appeared at the Marondera Magistrates Court…
South Africa: Mines are failing Limpopo communities, says scathing report
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Movement of Dam-Affected People (MAB) Partners with Brazilian Public Universities to Study Impacts of Dam Breach
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Small-scale gold miners in DRC challenge the view that they can’t cut it
Published: February 23, 2022 4.21pm SAST Ben Radley, University of Bath Artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa has grown significantly in…
South Africa: Western Cape government joins battle over mining
Appeal filed against new coastal prospecting licence 23 February 2022 | By John YeldNews | Western Cape UCT researchers have appealed the approval given to…
Canadian Investors Injected Over US$ 2 billion into Mining Companies with History of Human Rights and Environmental Violations in the Brazilian Amazon
Source: Association of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples (APIB) — Amazon Watch New report by the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB)…