West Africa is emerging as the next significant iron-ore province after Australia’s rich Pilbara and is attracting the attention of global majors and the Chinese, says the London-Aim-listed West African Minerals. Major diversified miners …
Read more
West Africa emerging as the new Pilbara
African Minerals condemned in Sierra Leone
NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE (NaRGEJ) PLATFORM – SIERRA LEONE
AS CONFLICT BREWS IN BUMBUNA, CIVIL SOCIETY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE GOVERNMENT ACTION PRESS RELEASE Freetown, Wednesday, 9th May, 2012. We, the civil society organisations working …
Read more
Worker riot at African Minerals’ Sierra Leone mine turns deadly
Two days of rioting over pay by workers from London-listed African Minerals’ Sierra Leone mine have left one woman dead and at least six injured, witnesses and medical staff said. The company said operations had …
Read more
What happened at the 2011 World Social Forum?
You might not have noticed it, but between 60,000 and 100,000 delegates attended the World Social Forum (WSF) in Dakar, capital of Senegal, earlier this month. At the same time, of course, many thousands of …
Read more
Massive iron ore project brings mining tensions back to Sierra Leone
The London-based African Minerals firm claims its efforts to mine a whopping 11.7 billion tons of iron ore will bring $1.75 billion in foreign investment to Sierra Leone.
Nine years after the end of Sierra …
Read more
African Minerals’ Shandong deal hit by new delay
African Minerals said a planned $1,5-billion investment in its flagship iron-ore project in Sierra Leone had suffered a further delay with China’s Shandong Iron & Steel needing extra time to complete due diligence.
See http://www.miningweekly.com/article/african-minerals-shandong-deal-hit-by-new-delay-2010-10-29…
Read more
Who really controls Africa’s ‘blood-diamond’ trade?
Corporate media coverage in early August of British model Naomi Campbell’s testimony at the Special War Crimes Court on Sierra Leone doesn’t provide a clue to the background of this trial against former Liberian President …
Read more
Sierra Leone Government urged to revise agreement with London-listed African Minerals Ltd
The National Advocacy Coalition on the Extractives (NACE) is calling on the President and Parliament of Sierra Leone to demand a review of the mining agreement signed between the Government and African Minerals Limited, listed …
Read more
West African iron ore: world’s biggest mine rush
“The three names dominating about 75% of global seaborne iron ore, Vale, Rio Tinto, and BHP Billiton, are full force involved in West African iron ore.”
London-listed African Minerals has announced further significant …
Read more
Sierra Leone Agreement with UK miner is “illegal”
NGOs slam concessions granted to London Mining plc
Peoples’ organisations in Sierra Leone are up in arms about unacceptable, allegedly illegal concessions, conferred on a UK mining company. They say it threatens to derail the …
Read more
London Mining plc condemned in Sierra Leone
NB There is no connection between London Mining plc and London Mining Network!
National Advocacy Coalition on the Extractives (NACE), Sierra Leone
MEDIA RELEASE
Freetown, 4 March 2010
Dangerous draft mining contract about to be …
Read more