Three months after the announcement of an increase in corporate tax for mining companies from 25 to 35 percent in Ghana, the raise is yet to be implemented. The tax may not be collected until 2013, according to TV3 television channel. “The attitude of government gives...
The true extent of Africa’s vast wealth of resources is hard to guess. Geologists have picked over most of the rest of the globe in search of minerals, yet huge swathes of Africa remain largely unprobed. But the immense ore deposits so far discovered and soaring...
A group of five organizations, To Nizhoni Ani, Black Mesa Water Coalition, Dine C.A.R.E, Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed an appeal that challenges the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) decision to...
It’s rather wordy, lengthy, and couched in legalese – compared to some more community-orientated statements made of late. However, a Resolution, made at the second Barents Indigenous Peoples Congress, recently held in Norway, is an important statement of...
Despite living just 90km from a massive diamond mine, Jackie Hookimaw Witt has watched poverty tear at the fabric of Attawapiskat, an indigenous community in northern Canada…”Why are our people living in such extreme poverty when we are so close to this...
Collahuasi copper mine, jointly owned by Anglo American and Xstrata, has halted all operations pending accident investigation after a fatality at the mine’s sulphide plant. See...
