Peru has brokered a deal between the regional government of Moquegua and Anglo American to allow the global firm to build its $3 billion Quellaveco copper mine. Anglo American will make voluntary payments to communities near the mine of some $370 million during the...
Ollanta Humala was sworn in as Peru’s president on July 28, 2011, promising to foment dialogue to resolve the social conflicts prevalent throughout the country. In his inaugural speech, he said that “the excessive increase of conflicts, many of them absurdly violent,...
At last, after all the waiting, the Executive Order (EO) on mining has been released by the Office of the President in the Philippines. As predicted, the Order has been greeted with cries of protest, mostly from environmental and peoples’ organisations. The...
As the dust began to fall over Mongolia’s elections last month, the free-market advocate, Tsakhia Elbedgorj, lost his post as president, and the majority of parliamentary seats went to the Democratic party. Whether this party, along with another grouping led by...
The Tanzanian Government’s Energy and Minerals Ministry will soon meet with London-listed African Barrick Gold (ABG) management to find lasting solutions on recurrent conflicts between the company and the local communities surrounding North Mara Gold Mine. ABG...
