The role of “artisanal” mining for transnational mining companies
To dedicate another monthly bulletin to the issue of mining is justified by the fact that our allies in the forest regions of Latin America, Africa and Asia inform (Read More)
OUR VIEWPOINT
MINING IN EXPANSION: DESTRUCTION OF TERRITORIES, RESISTANCE STRUGGLES AND CRIMINALIZATION
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Development of the extractive sector and impacts on communities and biodiversity in the countries of the Congo Basin
The countries of the Congo Basin are known for their extraordinary wealth of biodiversity and cultural diversity of their peoples. And in relation to the extractive resources in the region, (Read More)
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Mining activity kills Indonesia’s peasants and fisher people
During the last 10 years, the Indonesian government has issued many mining licenses with the argument of increasing the country’s economic growth and competition at the Asian and at the (Read More)
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Mining, militarization and criminalization of social protests in Latin America
It’s no news that extractive projects throughout Latin America have imposed a model of extraction and export that reaches ever deeper. The race for attracting investments from the mining, (Read More)
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Biodiversity offsets facilitate continuation of business-as-usual destruction by mining companies
For well over a decade, mining corporations like Newmont and Rio Tinto have been participating in voluntary biodiversity offset (1) programmes even where the law does not require such compensation. (Read More)
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Testimony of unsustainability: The experience of the International Articulation of those affected by Vale
Currently, the mining sector is one of the main engines of the world´s economic system. In several countries, expropriation cases from native populations are recurrent, including loss of territory, disintegration (Read More)
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Ghana’s Mining Sector Regime: A Bad Deal for Affected Local Communities
Meet Nicholas Ennin, a 42-year-old farmer from Etwebo, in the Western Region of Ghana. Around 2003, his farmland and that of over 1000 farmers was taken over by Chirano Gold (Read More)
PEOPLES IN ACTION
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African women say No to coal
Coal kills people. Coal destroys health and communities’ well being. Coal devastates land, water and ecosystems and Coal is destroying our planet. These are the conclusions of the “Women stand (Read More)
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India: Slavery and child labour in granite quarries
India is the second largest exporter of granite, much of which ends up on the European market. The main buyers of granite are the construction sector, the funeral industry and (Read More)
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Furthering mining in Africa in a Summit held at the centre of mining finance
Members of African and UK civil society and communities sent a letter to the “Mining on Top Africa: London Summit” – a decisive conference on African mining for Europe that (Read More)
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Yes to Life, No to Mining!
Conceived in 2012 by a group of individuals, organisations and networks, the “Yes to Life, No to Mining” movement is committed to take action against the increasingly devastating impact of (Read More)
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Oilwatch Africa: “We Will Not Eat Crude Oil”
Members of Oilwatch Africa network met in Lome, Togo, on 9 June 2015, to discuss the implications of the world’s dependence on fossil fuels on climate, food sovereignty, nutrition and (Read More)
RECOMMENDED
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UnderMining Agriculture: How the Extractive Industries Threaten our Food Systems
A recent report from the GAIA Foundation and allies exposes how the world’s food production and millions of small farmers and communities are under increasing threat from the rapid expansion (Read More)
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Voices of Resistance: Women fighting for life
The “Weaving Resistances” project, from the Organization “Democracy and Global Transformation Program” in Peru, shares three videos that are testimony to a constant and courageous struggle of, especially, women from (Read More)
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What are cars made of? From the Brazilian Amazon to the German automakers
A recently released documentary exposing the world’s largest iron ore mining project shows the life of the communities impacted by the “Programa Grande Carajás” (Great Carajás Programme), located in the (Read More)
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Minding the Miners: Who finances What and for Whom
A database called “From Money to Metals” gathers data on commercial and private institutions that aim to profit from mineral extraction and processing. The database examines the background, investment and (Read More)
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Uganda: “A common right”
A film from “The Source Project” looks at how communities in the Karamoja region of Uganda have been organising along with the Uganda Land Alliance to ensure that their communal (Read More)
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Wake Up Call: The true costs of consuming technology
Minerals of all different kinds (there could be more than 10 varieties in one Smartphone alone) are mined in different countries – from tantalum in the Congo to tin in (Read More)