A stutter start for iron miners in Sierra Leone
London-listed African Minerals Ltd gravely missed its predictions for output in 2012, but the country’s large miners are gearing up for expansion as smaller ones are told to use or lose their licences. As Sierra Leone plans to unleash a new wave of regulators...African Barrick COO quits, sends stock nose-diving
Only three weeks after London-listed African Barrick announced it was replacing its CEO Greg Hawkins, Tanzania’s largest gold company said Chief Operating Officer Marco Zolezzi has also decided to hit the trail. In a short statement, the firm said the recently...The London march of the Oligarchs
Yet another eastern European oligarch, central to the accumulation of mining-related wealth, courtesy of the London Stock Exchange, has entered the From Money to Metal wiki. See: http://www.moneytometal.org/index.php/Suleiman_Kerimov.Ban Open pit, Oust Asia Energy (GCM), Stop illegal share business on Phulbari coal mine by GCM
The people of Phulbari, Bangladesh, and different organizations including the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports (National Committee) observed ‘Phulbari Day’ on August 26, 2013, in Phulbari, Dhaka and around the country in...African Mining Vision detrimental to Africa, group says
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) believes that the African Mining Vision (AMV) adopted by the African Union (AU) in 2009 to provide guidance on how extractive sector-mining must be managed on the continent only favours foreign...Fairtrade Gold Simplifies Label, Sets London Meeting in October
Fairtrade International will unveil its new standard and pricing for gold, silver and platinum and new ways of working with the jewelry industry at a roundtable discussion in London on October 9 and 10. The organization distributed new design labels for Fairtrade...Gold mining in Greece: stories of resistance and repression
Public event, Thursday 19 September, 7 to 9pm, Unite House, 128 Theobald’s Road, Holborn, London, WC1X 8TN. Click on image for more details.