Montana Exploradora, a subsidiary of the Canadian company Goldcorp Inc, has been exploiting natural resources, particularly gold, in the highlands of San Marcos since 2005. The people of San Marcos, where the Marlin mine is …
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Goldcorp in Guatemala: Seven Years & No End In Sight to predictable harms, violations, impunity and profits
Peru: Cajamarca Protests Continue as Conga Gold Mine Awaits Green Light
“¡Agua sí! ¡Oro no! ¡Agua sí! ¡Oro no!” [Water yes! Gold no!] The chant vibrated through the thin Andean air as a regional demonstration against the Conga Gold Mine Project took place to honour World …
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Lawyer prepares silicosis class action suit against top South Africa miners
Nearly 7,000 plaintiffs from South Africa and Lesotho have so far signed up to a class action suit against four South African gold companies, claiming they were responsible for the workers having contracted deadly silicosis. …
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Mine rehabilitation is high risk
For residents of Johannesburg or Witbank, the most visible legacy of 100 years of mining is not the country’s well-developed engineering and financial services sectors. It is tainted water sources and dust blowing off old …
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Philippines: Anniversary knocked while President delays reforms
The debate on mining continues to dominate the Philippine media. There has been a ‘flurry’ of activities to coincide with the anniversary of the Philippine Mining Act, which has also collided with the on-going lobbying …
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Fairtrade Foundation to certify African gold
The group will work with eight mining groups in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to address dangerous working practices and environmental damage in small-scale gold mining.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=146833&sn=Detail&pid=92730.
Minister confident BHP will approve huge Olympic Dam expansion
South Australia’s Tom Koutsantonis is confident the miner will this year approve the expansion of the Olympic Dam mine, containing a world class copper-gold uranium deposit, even though it will cost billions of dollars.
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Freeport-Rio Tinto halts operations once again at Papuan mine: Union claims management hasn’t honoured agreement
The world’s largest gold, and second most important copper, mine, came to a standstill last week, not long after it had resumed operations following a three-month strike. The Grasberg mine in Papua is operated by …
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Newmont accused of rights abuses and betrayals in Ghana
Newmont Gold has allocated around 20% of its “core assets” to two projects in Ghana – both of which have now come under fire from local communities.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11538.
Newmont is a US company …
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Direct action against Xstrata in Argentina
Peoples’ struggles against Minera Alumbrera have become very active this past month in northern Argentina. The protests are aimed at shutting down the mine, and against the lifting of a judicial order prohibiting any activity …
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