British gold mining company agrees settlement over deaths of Tanzanian villagers
Out-of-Court Settlement Good for Some Tanzanian Villagers – but Many Others Hindered from Participation by Barrick’s Grievance Mechanism
Dominican Republic: saving the mountain worth more than a nickel
A proposal has been made by the Anglo-Swiss mega-miner, Glencore, to extract nickel from a mountain in the Dominican Republic, known as Loma Miranda. A broad citizen coalition, vehement opponents of the plan, thought that a parliamentary bill passed last August, designating Loma Miranda a national park, had put paid to the company’s prospects. See: Glencore’s Dominican ferronickel mine in doubt. Then, president Danilo Medina scotched the legislation, declaring that it “violated the constitution and harmed the national interest”. Just whose “national interest” we may ask – when more than 80% of Dominican citzens voted for a mining ban in a 2013 Gallup poll?
Women Stand Their Ground against Big Coal
Mama Life is right. Coal kills people and devastates local environments. Coal divides communities when corporations form local alliances that are detrimental to the majority. Coal exploits labour, both paid mining jobs and unpaid women’s work reproducing labour and community. Coal is notoriously fickle in price, with nearly a 40% price drop since 2011. And Coal contributes most significantly to climate change, and the destruction of our planet.
Health sector should divest from fossil fuels, medical groups say
The health profession should repeat its leadership on tobacco divestment because of health risks from climate change and air pollution, say Medact and other groups.
Business unusual: Mining in the aftermath of Marikana
Report from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre on the human rights impacts of southern Africa’s extractive sector.