AngloGold Ashanti, the world’s No. 3 gold producer, plans to invest $400-million in Colombia in the 2013-2015 period at its La Colosa deposit and other gold exploration projects, a company executive said on Friday. Some $300-million is earmarked for exploration...
Voluntary guidelines are not enough. We must ensure our critical gaze on exploitative mining firms does not waver. This article mentions smallscale mining in Colombia. One of the companies threatening small scale miners’ livelihoods is AngloGold Ashanti. See...
Each year, Indigenous organisations testify at a United Nations Forum against the rampant desecration of their territories. This year is no exception, with vigorous statements ranging from the Arctic, through Asia and Africa to Latin America. See...
A UK mining company, Talvivaara Mining Co, has been charged with allowing unacceptably high toxic emissions from a mine in central Finland. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11715.
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 are attracted to the area by...
Achuar Indigenous People from Peru inspect Canada’s tarsands. See http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-age-of-extreme-oil-this-used-to-be-a-forest/article2437730/.
