New mining projects are being re-branded clean, green and vital to climate action across Europe. The reality is very different.
… The greenwashing of metal mining Hannibal Rhoades Lynda Sullivan mirko nikolic | 24th September 2021 | News Mining Climate Change Editor’s Picks 40_bjornevatn_-_svein_lund.jpg New mining projects are being re-branded clean, …
Community leaders from Colombia, the Philippines and Uganda have been in London challenging attendees of the Mines and Money Conference. HANNIBAL RHOADES, TATIANA GARAVITO and SEBASTIAN ORDONEZ report.
… Rhoades | 12th December 2017 Activism Mining Indigenous Peoples Human Rights … Defenders (EHRDs) from the frontlines of mining struggles in the Philippines, Colombia … of the UK’s extensive ties to the global mining industry and oppose the Mines and Money …
Disastrous water pollution from gold mines in El Salvador has united government and people to oppose new metal mines, writes Lynn Holland. In Central America's most water scarce country, the imperative is to keep lakes, rivers and streams clean and wholesome. But there may be a heavy price to pay, with a Canadian mining company pressing a $300 million 'compensation' claim.
… For the love of water: El Salvador's mining ban may cost $300m 'compensation' Lynn Holland | 10th October 2015 News Mining Water El Salvador Central America … may be a heavy price to pay, with a Canadian mining company pressing a $300 million …
The Alternative Indaba initiated by faith-based groups eight years ago is a forum to discuss alternatives to the mining rush that brought more doom than gloom over the African continent and beyond. JASPER FINKELDEY reports back from this month's forum which called for the mining industry to be made more accountable
… Jasper Finkeldey | 20th February 2017 Comment Mining Africa Fossil Fuels Campaigners mark … ago is a forum to discuss alternatives to the mining rush that brought more doom than gloom … from this month's forum which called for the mining industry to be made more accountable …
Research exposes the systemic nature of the conflicts created by the Canadian mining company Pan American Silver (PAS).
… et al | 4th March 2020 News Latin America Mining Conflict … of the conflicts created by the Canadian mining company Pan American Silver (PAS). A … conflicts and harms associated with eight mining projects, from Mexico to Argentina, …
Australian mining companies have a poor track record operating in Africa. Australian uranium company Paladin Energy has now put two of its mines into 'care-and-maintenance' and bankruptcy looms. But who cleans up the company's mess in Namibia and Malawi, asks JIM GREEN
… cleans up the mess when an Australian uranium mining company leaves Africa? Jim Green - … 2018 Comment Uranium Africa Australia Nuclear Mining Langer Heinrich uranium mine, Namibia Australian mining companies have a poor track record …
The Turow open-pit lignite mine is drying up water sources on both sides of the Polish-Czech border. In light of plans to expand mining at Turow, Czechs are now rebelling against putting up with damages from a foreign mine they get no benefits from CLAUDIA CIOBANU reports
… angry at severe water loss caused by Polish mining Claudia Ciobanu | 28th November 2016 News Mining Coal Fossil Fuels Dispute Pollution Environmental Damage polish mining .jpg The Turow open-pit lignite mine is …
Community fears for the restoration of the UK’s largest open pit coal mine.
… | 5th May 2023 | News Coal Climate Change Mining South Wales ffos-y-fran-cut.jpg … "This is a strong and clear message that coal mining goes against Wales’ climate, planning … against the company, which has continued mining coal in the months since its planning …
Campaign groups from Indonesia, Kenya and Peru have called on planners in the UK to turn down opencast coal mines in Co Durham and Derbyshire, write Anne Harris & Hal Rhoades. Not only do the mines damage local health and environment, say the activists. They also threaten global climate stability - and all countries must play their part in ending the world's coal addiction.
… in the Global South, who are opposing coal mining and working for climate justice have … reject the mine to be upheld. The second coal mining application opposed by the letter's … Both communities have a history of coal mining, and campaigners include ex-deep pit …
Experts at a special hearing warned the EU that its green rhetoric about its mining boom is dangerous and misleading.
… Europe is no ‘green mining’ haven Hannibal Rhoades | 10th December 2021 | Comment Mining Extractivism Post-extractivism Europe … the EU that its green rhetoric about its mining boom is dangerous and misleading. At …
The mining industry has abused the pandemic to turn a profit and advance their interests, putting land and water protectors at greater risk of harm.
… Mining industry profits from pandemic Hannibal Rhoades | 3rd June 2020 News Mining Covid Capitalism Mineral Extraction … Picks No es No. Photo: Nicolas Palacios The mining industry has abused the pandemic to …
The pristine landscape of South Africa's Wild Coast is under threat from mining, writes Hal Rhoades, and the communities standing up to defend the land are facing deadly consequences: harassment, threats, physical assault and murder. Attacks on mine opponents have taken four lives so far and many others have been injured. But the opposition is growing and gaining international support.
… Mining, money and murder: the deadly struggle … Wild Coast Hal Rhoades | 12th May 2016 News Mining South Africa Africa Indigenous Peoples … Africa's Wild Coast is under threat from mining, writes Hal Rhoades, and the …
'Green mining' is an oxymoron that is gaining traction in the EU and pushes a risky narrative about an environmentally destructive sector.
… Unearthing the buried truth about green mining Diego Francesco Marin | 9th June 2021 | News Mining Environmental Justice Portugal EU … Editor’s Picks coal-mine.png 'Green mining' is an oxymoron that is gaining …
A remote corner of Sweden's Arctic forest has become a battleground, writes Alex Forss, over proposals for a huge iron mine that would occupy a key reindeer migration route. And with their cultural and economic survival under threat, it's a battle the Sami cannot afford to lose.
… iron mine Alec Forss | 12th June 2014 News Mining Indigenous Peoples Sweden Forests … 20,000 in Sweden - against those in favour of mining as a means of boosting jobs and … Fredrik Reinfeldt having announced that mining is to Sweden what oil is to Norway, the …
Mining giant BHP was complicit in the Samarco mining disaster in Brazil but the company has not learned from the experience.
… Noonan | 15th September 2020 | News Uranium Mining BHP Editor’s Picks Tailings-Olympic-Dam.JPG Mining giant BHP was complicit in the Samarco mining disaster in Brazil but the company has …
What causes tailings dam - an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations - disasters and are there industry solutions?
… News Tailings Dam Brazil Disaster Regulations Mining Change Makers … embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations - disasters and are there … solutions? Brazil witnessed its worst ever mining disaster earlier this year, after …
Almost entirely unknown to the outside world, and even to most local residents, hundreds of square kilometres of South Africa's Karoo dryland have been bought up by uranium mining companies, writes Dr Stefan Cramer. With no strategic assessment of the industry's devastating impacts and massive water demand, official permission could soon be granted for vast open pit mines.
… Uranium mining threatens South Africa‘s iconic Karoo … Stefan Cramer | 28th April 2016 News Nuclear Mining South Africa Namibia Russia Pollution … Karoo dryland have been bought up by uranium mining companies, writes Dr Stefan Cramer. …
A critical appraisal of the mining industry’s contributions to the global water crisis, on World Water Day 2019 and in the wake of recent disasters.
… Undermining the watercycle Hannibal Rhoades Sara Campanales | 22nd March 2019 News Mining Water World Water Day Health … A critical appraisal of the mining industry’s contributions to the global … clean water advocate, Maude Barlow, explains: Mining and water “Major bodies of water have …
The opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales is the UK’s largest - and has produced eight million tonnes of coal. Now Miller Argent, the owner and operator, wants to extend the mine. Banks Mining has applied for planning permission to begin a new mine at Highthorn, in Northumberland. The application will go before Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, today. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK spoke to the people most affected.
… hope Mat Hope | 4th December 2017 Activism Mining Coal Protest Campaigns … and operator, wants to extend the mine. Banks Mining has applied for planning permission to … have one thing binding them: opencast coal mining. As far as they are concerned, coal is …
A federal judge has ruled the expansion of Montana coal mine illegal for impacts on water resources, the Yellowstone River, and the climate.
… Dahnoun | 6th October 2022 | News Coal Mine Mining coal_mine.jpg A federal judge has ruled … in June 2019 by the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM) and allowed Western Rosebud Mining, LLC (WRM) to strip-mine a new area, …
The South African government is currently embarking on streamlining decision-making processes in mining. To many this sounds like more top-down decision-making at the expense of those communities that will have to host mines and paves the way for more violent conflict, warns JASPER FINKELDEY
… Ecologist Special Report: Why mining and violence are inextricably linked … Jasper Finkeldey | 27th March 2017 News Mining South Africa Acitvisim Violence mining south africa.jpg The South African …
Rio Tinto's QMM ilmenite mine in Madagascar has breached a legal buffer zone, exposing local people to “unacceptably high” environmental risks, a new study by the Andrew Lees Trust has found. YVONNE ORENGO and STEVEN EMERMAN report
… water pollution as Madagascar mining breaches legal limits Yvonne Orengo Dr … 2018 News Pollution Radioactive Waste Mining Madagascar random_women_with_girls.jpg … of an environmental buffer zone by the mining group Rio Tinto’s subsidiary, QIT …
Mining was imposed on the Salvadoran people as a dream industry to aid development, create jobs and yield taxes to pay for schools and hospitals, write Ricardo Navarro & Sam Cossar-Gilber. But the reality was a nightmare of polluted water, stolen farmland, corporate violence, and murder. After a long campaign, El Salvador has just become the first country to ban all metal mining.
… Making history: El Salvador bans metal mining Ricardo Navarro Sam Cossar-Gilber | 11th April 2017 Comment Mining Campaigning Trade Water Politics El Salvador credit upsidedownworld-cut.jpg Mining was imposed on the Salvadoran people as …