1 April 2025 The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg) analysis By Oluwole Ojewale Illegal mining activities in Nigeria are devastating the country’s economy, as … More
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Central Africa: Rwanda’s Moment to Mine, Refine, and Rewrite Destiny – Where Are Our Banks?
2 April 2025 The New Times (Kigali) column By Liban Mugabo Gold is making history! Gold prices have hit 50 … More
South Africa: Moving Graves and People for Coal Mines – the Devastating Costs of Mining in South Africa
Published: March 9, 2025 10.51am SAST Dineo Skosana, University of the Witwatersrand About 80% of South Africa’s electricity still comes from burning coal. … More
Ecuador’s Free Trade Agreement with Canada is a Threat to Sovereignty and Indigenous Territories
5 February 2025, 11:32am EST Source: Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) This statement was originally posted in Spanish on February … More
Africa: Slavery, Tax Evasion, Resistance – the Story of 11 Africans in South America’s Gold Mines in the 1500s
Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUP The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg) analysis By Paola Vargas Arana The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and … More
Nigeria: Illegal Gypsum Mining in Yobe Denies Govt Revenue, Harms Humans, Animals, Environment
30 December 2024 Premium Times (Abuja) By Baba Sarki Ismail Mining pits are left unfilled, turning farmland into dangerous wastelands. … More
Chile files four environmental charges against Anglo American’s Los Bronces copper mine
Reuters | December 23, 2024 | 12:40 pm Top Companies Latin America Copper Near the tailings facility for Los Bronces copper mine in Chile. … More
Canada: Open letter | When will Quebec’s mining laws respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples?
12 December 2024, 9:00am EST Québec Indigenous Rights Rodrigue Turgeon National Program Co-Lead This open letter was originally published in … More
Zambia: Community of Kabwe still not seeing Anglo American’s “responsibility to the people and environment it operates in”
Dec 11, 2024 | News “We demand that Anglo American properly address the environmental devastation they’ve left behind. If this is not … More
LMN’s Engagement with the Adivasi Resistance to Mining and Militarisation in India
Dec 10, 2024 | News 30 organisations and networks including LMN have signed a solidarity statement condemning the escalating state violence on the … More