As Burma prepares for national elections activists have launched a film to highlight the negative environmental and social impacts of the country’s largest iron mine
… Jemima Roberts | 5th November 2010 News Burma Mining Iron News Politics And Economics … the destruction already caused by the mining project, including what they say is a …
Campaign groups on the verge of leaving international diamond trade body because of failures to prevent military takeovers of mines, worker deaths and systematic smuggling
… Zimbabwe given 'one last chance' on diamond mining exports The Ecologist | 16th July 2010 News Mining Society Diamonds Africa diamondmining.jpg As many as 3.7 million people may …
Rupert Wolfe Murray writes to Prince Charles about his grave concerns for the Rosia Montana region of Transylvania, under threat from Cyanide mining.......
… Open Letter to Prince Charles about Cyanide mining in Romania Rupert Wolfe Murray | 12th September 2013 Comment Mining Romania Politics Protest … of Transylvania, under threat from Cyanide mining....... Dear Prince Charles, Your …
Following the landmark decision by the Indian government to prevent Vedanta from mining on tribal land, the Ecologist reports on the other tribes - including the Penan in Sarawak and the Guarani in Brazil - facing similar threats but being ignored by the media
… | 6th October 2010 News Vedanta Tribes Mining Politics And Economics 44037.jpg … had success in halting expansion plans by the mining giant Vedanta Following the landmark … the Indian government to prevent Vedanta from mining on tribal land, the Ecologist reports …
The building boom in China and worldwide demand for consumer goods containing ilmenite has enriched criminals who specialise in stealing sand - sometimes whole beaches. NICK MEYNEN investigates
… Nick Meynen | 8th February 2018 News Sand Mining Protest Globalisation … or any organisation that combats it. Sand mining has no bleeding elephants - but it is … room of environmental issues. Illegal sand mining has ten times more value than all …
More than 100 organisations have signed a letter repudiating mining companies for putting Indigenous Shuar communities in the Ecuadorean Amazon at risk.
… Rhoades | 15th May 2020 News Ecuador Covid-19 Mining Amazon Ecuadorian Amazon (Photo by … have signed a letter repudiating mining companies for putting Indigenous Shuar … and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) mining fair in Toronto, Canada in March, 2020. …
When Michael Buckley took a white water rafting trip in Tibet in 2005, he had no idea of the adventure he was embarking on - a ten-year investigation of China ruthless exploitation of Tibet's mineral and hydroelectric resources, and its systematic attack on indigenous Tibetans, their culture and their survival on the land.
… 2015 News China Tibet Water Renewables Energy Mining Land Grabs Indigenous Peoples … have bravely protested against dams and mining at great risk, with a number killed, … The migrant workers build dams or work at mining sites. Up to 20,000 Chinese migrant …
For 16 years the Thai government has ignored the plight of a community where toxic lead mine waste is causing severe chronic poisoning - defying both a 2013 court order, and its international obligations. It's just one of many toxic sites across Thailand that need to be cleaned up - but the government's main concern is to encourage further industrialisation.
… Ecologist | 22nd January 2015 News Thailand Mining Waste Toxics Indigenous Peoples Law … reopening and further developing lead mining and the lead industry. "The Thai … before even thinking of expanding lead mining." The response by provincial and …
The Amazon basin faces 'ecosystem collapse' according to a new report about hundreds of major dams and other mega-projects planned for the region - home to the world's greatest rainforest. David Hill reports.
… | 15th May 2014 News Forests Water Energy Mining Renewables carajas_mine.jpg The Amazon … dams and extractive, such as oil, gas and mining. The focus is on the number of current … 1.6 million - km2 of the Amazon covered by mining concessions. 1.1 million - km2 of the …
Robert Jenrick, communities secretary, to “call in” controversial application for new coal mine on the Cumbrian coast.
… U-turn' Gavin Cordon | 12th March 2021 | News Mining Activism Friends Of The Earth Editor’s … and opponents of the proposal by West Cumbria Mining (WCM) to open the deep mine near …
What's needed to pull the world's economy out of recession? According to the G20, it's a massive wave of 'infrastructure' development worth as much $70 trillion, writes Bill Laurance. But all the roads, mines, dams, pipelines and 'development corridors' will inflict massive damage on wildlife populations and natural havens, not to mention local communities that stand in the way.
… | 16th March 2015 News Development Transport Mining Ecocide Forests … The Amazon also has almost 53,000 active mining leases , covering some 20% of the … and fires, poaching, illegal gold mining and rampant land speculation. Mining …
Last week's decision by the Romanian government to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for Rosia Montana, a historic Carpathian mountain village under threat of gold mining, is a massive victory for campaigners after a hard 15-year struggle, writes Alexandru Predoiu - one that has united farmers, city-dwellers and new-age protestors against cultural and ecological destruction.
… united to save a mountain village from mining apocalypse Alexandru Predoiu WNV | 11th January 2017 Activism Mining Romania Corporations Politics Protest … mountain village under threat of gold mining, is a massive victory for campaigners …
Greenpeace activists block Shell's tar sands oil extraction operation in protest at its environmental cost
… | 16th September 2009 News Energy Tar Sands Mining Canada Climate Change Copenhagen … Washington today. Greenpeace says open-cast mining operations like Shell's force vast …
Mining giant Vedanta receives a gift wrapped complaint following plans to turn sacred homeland into a bauxite mine.
… Official complaint made against mining giant The Ecologist | 1st February 2009 News Energy Natural World Mining inthenews.jpg Mining giant Vedanta receives a gift wrapped …
Africa is being opened up like a tin of sardines to a new wave of resource extraction, writes Colin Todhunter. Masked under the soubriquets of 'investment', 'growth' and 'free trade', a handful of vast global corporations are systematically plundering the continent's mineral wealth and leaving desolation in their wake, backed to the hilt by that ever-faithful servant of capital - the UK government.
… Colin Todhunter | 14th July 2016 News Africa Mining Corporations War Economics Western … Exchange (LSE) - most of them British - have mining operations in 37 sub-Saharan African … power and influence to ensure that British mining companies have access to Africa's raw …
The increased demand for minerals for renewable energy infrastructure is driving the concentration of capital in the mining sector.
… James Meadway | 15th May 2024 | Comment Mining Editor’s Picks … driving the concentration of capital in the mining sector. Mining giant Anglo-American, owners, amongst …
Greenpeace says responsibility of aluminum company is 'quite clear' as campaigners urge stricter controls on other hazardous waste sites around the Danube region
… Tom Levitt | 6th October 2010 News Toxic Mining Pollution Hungary Natural World … around the Danube region A toxic spill of mining waste from an industrial plant in … red-coloured sludge, a mixture of water and mining waste including toxic heavy metals like …
Mining corporations, politicians and big NGOs are meeting in London today to plan the future of extractive industries in Africa, write Nnimmo Bassey & Sheila Berry. Absent African civil society and impacted communities, delegates are setting an agenda for 'resource-led development' that will cook the continent in the greenhouse gases of its plundered oil, gas and coal.
… 2015 Comment Africa Development Fossil Fuels Mining Oil Coal Ecocide Climate Change let-them-eat-carbon-cut.jpg Mining corporations, politicians and big NGOs … of land, water and the air. The scars of mining in Africa are visible in the coal mines …
Ancient Asian art gave jade gemstones a cult status. But today, nothing in the extraction of jade is even remotely morally correct or justifiable.
… | 3rd December 2018 News Myanmar Diamonds Mining Jewel Environmental Justice Thought … this year, a landslide caused by the jade mining activity in Myanmar killed 17 people . … the government announced a suspension of the mining until a new law on gemstones is passed. …
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
… booms Nick Meynen | 9th May 2017 News Mining Ecocide War India China Singapore Sri … scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more … the police to arrive, the men present at the mining site pulled her out and assaulted her . …
The battle between mining giant Vedanta and the threatened tribal Dongria Kondh of Orissa, eastern India continues.
… 2008 News Vedanta Protest Dongria Kondh Mining India Campaigns Human Rights Violations … The battle between mining giant Vedanta and the threatened tribal … Orissa, eastern India continues. London based mining corporation Vedanta told shareholders …
The UN has sent an emergency team to Zamfara state, in Nigeria, as processing of ore by hand affects 18,000 people
… 23rd September 2010 News Nigeria Africa Gold Mining Lead Pollution goldpanning.jpg Gold mining is one of the most destructive … villages,' said Cooney. Lead poisoining All mining has been banned in Zamfara state for …
Official admits government cut off water supply to force Bushmen out of the Central Kalahri Game Reserve
… mine The Ecologist | 19th August 2009 News Mining Diamonds Botswana Society Politics And Economics Bushmen diamondmining.jpg Official admits government cut off … from their land to make way for diamond mining. Speaking to American author James …
Britain’s climate 'leadership' is based on the profoundly unjust and violent transition that was the defeat of the 1980s miners' strike.
… Coal Gas UK Government Neoliberalism Mining … workers to shape political decision making. Mining as a source of employment in the UK had … indefinite strike started within the coal mining sector. This is not the place to …