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Communities Living Near Zambian Copper Mines Take Legal Action Against Mining Giant First Quantum Minerals Over Alleged Involuntary Resettlement of Thousands of People

21 March 2025 Leigh Day And Co (London) press release Villagers from farming and fishing communities in Zambia are taking … More

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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

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Amazonian Women Respond to Announcement of a Free Trade Agreement Between Ecuador and Canada

6 February 2025, 2:24pm EST Source: Mujeres Amazónicas The Amazonian Women Defenders of the Rainforest collective expresses its profound rejection … More

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Five prominent water defenders in El Salvador refuse to attend court hearing denouncing lack of judicial independence that poses a threat to their lives

4 February 2025, 3:41pm EST Source: Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) – Central American Alliance on Mining (ACAFREMIN) The Santa … More

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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

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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

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Liberia: Minister Wilmot Paye Urges End to Foreign Exploitation in Liberia’s Mining Sector

By Contributing Writer November 27, 2024 Updated:November 27, 2024 Monrovia — Mines and Energy Minister Wilmot Paye has issued a strong … More

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Criminalization in Ecuador: Charged for Speaking out Against Canadian Mining

21 November 2024, 10:33am EST Viviana Herrera Latin America Program Coordinator “We felt displaced in our own homes,” says Rosa Masapanta, … More

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Mountain collapse in Congo reveals tonnes of copper, netizens say ‘hope Brits won’t come and steal’

A mountain collapse in Katanga, DRC, unveiled large copper reserves. While the region is vital for copper mining, concerns arise … More

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Continued Militarization and Criminalization of Environmental Defenders to Advance Canadian Mining Project in Ecuador

Blog Entry 11 November 2024, 2:57pm EST Viviana Herrera Latin America Program Coordinator On October 27, 2024, the Ecuadorian military … More

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