5th March 2022 Zimbabwe By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent A CHINESE owned gold mine near Karoi recently spilled cyanide-laced slimes…
South Africa: When the city of gold bled red
By: Dennis Webster 4 Mar 2022 Acentury ago, on Monday 6 March 1922, a general strike was declared in Johannesburg, setting…
Communities of Gualel in Southern Ecuador File for Protective Measures to Protect Fierro Urco Páramo from Mining
4 March 2022, 9.46am EST Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator One month ago, on February 4, 2022, hundreds of…
Zimbabwe’s diamonds bring wealth for a few, despair for many
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
2 March 2022, 12.21pm EST Source: Above Ground — Amnesty International Canada — the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability — Inter…
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
Researchers recommend that state implements harsher measures against non-compliant companies 24 February 2022 | By Tania BroughtonNews | Limpopo Sefateng Chrome Mine in Limpopo was…
Movement of Dam-Affected People (MAB) Partners with Brazilian Public Universities to Study Impacts of Dam Breach
Source: Movement of Dam-Affected People (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens – MAB) Residents of the district of Aurizona (municipality of Godofredo…