Law

Arbitration

13-05-2013 South American Silver files proceedings against Bolivia government
09-04-2013 Canadian companies threaten El Salvador and Costa Rica
14-01-2013 Pakistan voids gold, copper lease held by Barrick consortium
11-12-2012 Chile's Endesa Game - controversial coal power plant approved
12-09-2012 South Africa's gold sector goes from one crisis to another
24-07-2012 Jindal quits Bolivia, intends pursuing international arbitration
12-06-2012 Mining company allowed to continue its attack on El Salvador
18-04-2012 Churchill seeks $2bn from Indonesia over coal dispute
27-03-2012 Pollution the big barrier to freer trade in rare earths
06-03-2012 Una de las plantas más contaminantes del mundo está por reactivarse en Perú
06-03-2012 In Peru, one of the world's worst polluters is set to reopen
06-03-2012 Gold war in Pakistan highlights investment risks
20-02-2012 U.S. judge orders Vedanta to pay $82.75m in damages
27-12-2011 Doe Run Perú's future looking gloomy, lawyer says
27-12-2011 El Salvador: International organisations urge World Bank to dismiss Pacific Rim lawsuit
08-12-2011 Tethyan Copper no acepta un "no" como respuesta y recurre al arbitraje contra Pakistan
05-12-2011 Costa Rica: Court annuls Crucitas mining concession, dismisses appeals
05-12-2011 Pakistan: Tethyan won't take "no" for an answer
30-11-2011 Costa Rica: Judge Leaked Draft Decision on Crucitas gold mine
10-10-2011 Spoiling over Mongolia's hoards
12-09-2011 Royalty and rights issues in Latin America
25-07-2011 WTO Row Spotlights Nations Clamping Down On Resources
11-07-2011 Facing up to challenges of Africa's extractive sectors
04-07-2011 Peru's president-elect vows consultation in bid to end mining conflicts
28-06-2011 Puno mining protest: 6 killed in clashes, Peru
07-06-2011 Comibol, APM reach settlement over Karachipampa - Bolivia
28-04-2011 Doe Run exige US$800 millones de indemnización al Estado peruano
27-04-2011 Renco files for arbitration against Peru over Andean smelter
18-04-2011 El Salvador: Leader of resistance to Canadian mine receives Goldman Prize
28-03-2011 Court Dismisses U.S. Miner's Claims Against El Salvador
22-02-2011 Canadiense Crystallex denuncia a Venezuela ante el CIADI
21-02-2011 Crystallex seeks 3.8 billion compensation from Venezuela
25-01-2011 Arbitraje internacional, la nueva jugada de Doe Run Perú
25-01-2011 Doe Run's Latest Move
25-01-2011 Call Today to Tell Commerce Group to Stop Suing El Salvador!
27-12-2010 Colombian state ombudsman opposes Angostura gold project
29-11-2010 Tribunal anula concesión de Infinito Gold en Costa Rica
29-11-2010 Estado de Bolivia enfrentará amenaza de arbitraje por Karachipampa
29-11-2010 Costa Rican court shuts down Canadian gold mine
29-11-2010 Bolivia says it will stand up to threat of arbitration over stalled metals plant
29-11-2010 Peru protest against Tia Maria continues
16-08-2010 PacRim wins first stage of compensation battle against El Salvador
14-09-2009 Asarco bidding battle enters final strait

Legal Cases

17-06-2013 Mining Firms Face New Regulator Scrutiny Amid Deal Probes
06-06-2013 Canada: Call to Investigate Tahoe Resources After Wiretap
06-06-2013 Appeals court sharpens Schmidheiny sentence
28-05-2013 Chile blocks its most ambitious mining project
13-05-2013 Greece's gold battle continues unabated
13-05-2013 Vedanta shouldn't be allowed to re-open polluting Indian smelter
13-05-2013 South American Silver files proceedings against Bolivia government
13-05-2013 Tahoe Resources executive in Guatemala orders killing of protestors
13-05-2013 Indian Supreme Court dismisses challenge to US$8.5 billion Cairn-Vedanta deal
07-05-2013 London Calling on the Zimbabwe-UK asbestos scandal
07-05-2013 US Supreme Court "vacates" Rio Tinto Bougainville case
07-05-2013 Is Nyamgiri ruling a "revolutionary" moment for India's poor?
28-04-2013 Mexican landowners win first step in legal battle to reclaim their lands
28-04-2013 Philippines: The Assault on the Mining Act Continues
22-04-2013 India: Nyamgiri ruling "a great victory for indigenous rights"
15-04-2013 Philippines: Another legal challenge to the Philippine Mining Act
15-04-2013 Chilean Court halts Pascua Lama mine
09-04-2013 Canadian miner sues its own government
26-03-2013 Bougainville: War of words continues over mine re-opening
25-03-2013 Peruvian government's response to protests "disportionate" - IACHR
25-03-2013 Canadian Aboriginal communities sue Rio Tinto for C$900m
25-03-2013 Papua New Guinea: Abuse of rape victims at Barrick's Porgera mine
19-03-2013 Guatemala's Highest Court Denies Justice to Indigenous Peoples Affected by Mining
19-03-2013 Burma: Suu Kyi tells communities to halt copper mining protests
19-03-2013 Philippines: Government reopens the doors to mining amid protests
11-03-2013 Coal wars heat up in Poland, EU, China and New York
05-03-2013 Correa's promotion of mining in Ecuador faces renewed opposition
05-03-2013 Breakthrough Regarding Legal Liability of Canadian Mining Corporations for Abuses Overseas
25-02-2013 Rinehart Coal Mine Draws Environmentalists' Opposition
19-02-2013 Australian Aboriginal group wins court battle against Fortescue
04-02-2013 Rape Victims Must Sign Away Rights to Get Remedy from Barrick
04-02-2013 Canada: Old way of doing business is dead
04-02-2013 Canadian resource firms step up legal fight against green groups
14-01-2013 Canada: Yukon court decision could force BC to overhaul its antiquated mining laws
14-01-2013 Pakistan voids gold, copper lease held by Barrick consortium
14-01-2013 India Tribal affairs minister against diluting Forest Peoples' Rights
07-01-2013 South Africa: Class action motion filed against gold companies
27-12-2012 Is Vedanta poised on the brink of failure?
27-12-2012 US-Canada: Colville Tribes Win against Teck Metals
17-12-2012 Will Indian government reverse bauxite mine cancellations in Andhra and Orissa?
17-12-2012 When will Taseko vacate Tsilhqot'in territory?
11-12-2012 London Calling issues a Public Health Warning
04-12-2012 Philippines: Seeking the truth about killings of indigenous activists
19-11-2012 Malaysian Court declines appeal against Lynas
19-11-2012 Canadian Unions go to court over use of temporary workers at BC coal mine
11-11-2012 Scandal still stalks the stock markets of Canada
05-11-2012 Egypt's Centamin mine license revoked by court
05-11-2012 No justice in Canada for Congolese massacre victims
01-11-2012 Canadian mining company in Costa Rican legal storm
23-10-2012 India: Vedanta re-discovers its bauxite mojo
16-10-2012 Malaysian court delays controversial rare earths plant
16-10-2012 Italian court imposes clean-up deadline on cement plant
08-10-2012 Are aliens conspiring to impoverish Indians?
08-10-2012 Peru top court puts tribal sovereignty ahead of mining, logging
02-10-2012 Guatemala: Hudbay Minerals Chief of security arrested for murder
02-10-2012 India's Supreme Court rules against corporate acquisition of Tribal and Dalit lands
02-10-2012 ILVA steel "clean-up" plan booted out by Italian judge
24-09-2012 Europe's largest steel plant founders on pollution charges
24-09-2012 The Canadian-Chinese cloud with a distinctly silver lining
18-09-2012 Indian activist calls Vedanta's bauxite bluff
18-09-2012 Swedish environmentalists take wing against proposed new mine
12-09-2012 Calling Agarwal's bluff?
28-08-2012 Guatemala: Repeated attempts to criminalise human rights defenders
21-08-2012 Belo Monte Dam Suspended by Brazilian Appeals Court
13-08-2012 Pascua Lama mine: What Barrick didn't say
06-08-2012 Brazil: Judge halts rail project close to threatened tribe
01-08-2012 Taseko Mines' Draft Environmental Impact Statement proves issues are not being addressed
01-08-2012 Guatemala Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge against Mining Law
17-07-2012 Indian Human Rights Commission raps denial of silicosis deaths
17-07-2012 Philippines: The President finally publishes, but arguments continue...
11-07-2012 Chile: Mining-related coal-fired power plants dealt heavy blows
11-07-2012 Indian coal-fired plant ordered shut, though dust hasn't yet settled
11-07-2012 Argentina's Supreme Court upholds glacier protection law
03-07-2012 Philippines: Executive disorder - the wait continues...
19-06-2012 Another blow for Xstrata's Tampakan project ...
19-06-2012 Glencore in deep water
12-06-2012 Mining company allowed to continue its attack on El Salvador
15-05-2012 NGO urges compensation for Areva's Niger staff
08-05-2012 Corte Suprema suspende mega proyecto de Goldcorp, Chile
08-05-2012 Philippines: Miners and military create refugees
08-05-2012 Chilean Supreme Court Red Lights Goldcorp Mine
08-05-2012 Canada's Taseko Mines slammed for attack on Aboriginal rights
08-05-2012 Vedanta charges ahead in India
01-05-2012 Aboriginal elder loses bid to overturn expansion of BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam
01-05-2012 Argentina: Coro Mining denunció a organización ambientalista mendocina
01-05-2012 Argentina: Coro Mining files lawsuit against environmental organization
01-05-2012 Vedanta casts more oil on troubled Indian waters
24-04-2012 Tribunal Constitucional anuló ordenanza de Cajamarca contra Conga
24-04-2012 Indian minister halts fresh Vedanta bid to mine Niyamgiri
24-04-2012 Filipino priest rewarded for his work on mining
24-04-2012 Anglo American workers and shareholders demand silicosis compensation
18-04-2012 Churchill seeks $2bn from Indonesia over coal dispute
18-04-2012 Indonesian groups condemn court ruling over Newmont's waste disposal
18-04-2012 Green groups sue US EPA over coal ash pollution
11-04-2012 Romania: A final victory over the unangelic Gabriel?
11-04-2012 Doe Run, déjà vu?
02-04-2012 Latin America's pending lithium wars
02-04-2012 Canada: Last ditch attempt to strike at Anvil
02-04-2012 India's Green Tribunal suspends environmental clearance to Posco
02-04-2012 Canada: Lake killing made easy
27-03-2012 Lawyer prepares silicosis class action suit against top South Africa miners
20-03-2012 Ejecutan a opositor de minera canadiense Fortuna Silver en Ocotlán, México
20-03-2012 Wikileaks reveal true nature of Ivanhoe-Rio Tinto's Burmese deal
20-03-2012 Mexico: Another opponent of Canadian mining is assassinated
06-03-2012 Una de las plantas más contaminantes del mundo está por reactivarse en Perú
06-03-2012 Canada: The Tsilqhot'in take on Taseko for a second time
06-03-2012 In Peru, one of the world's worst polluters is set to reopen
28-02-2012 USA: Navajo, Environmental Organizations Partner to Appeal Peabody's Kayenta Coal Permit
20-02-2012 Exdirectivos de Eternit condenados a prisión en megajuicio del amianto, Italia
20-02-2012 First Nations have many problems with the government of Ontario
20-02-2012 World's biggest asbestos trial sees two billionaires sentenced to prison
20-02-2012 London Calling dials into an Indian scandal
20-02-2012 U.S. judge orders Vedanta to pay $82.75m in damages
23-01-2012 Costa Rica niega permiso para reiniciar operaciones a minera canadiense
23-01-2012 Australian gold mines' tarnished glitter
23-01-2012 Glencore faces legal action over pollution caused by Zambian copper
23-01-2012 Vedanta in India: a bad project is given thumbs-down
16-01-2012 Ambientalistas denuncian contrato de Minera Panamá por inconstitucional
16-01-2012 Rio Tinto hits a snag in US copper mine clean-up
16-01-2012 "Sernageomin fue poco serio al aprobar Mina Invierno" afirman en Chile
10-01-2012 A wake-up call for human rights defenders in the Americas
10-01-2012 Israel exploits Palestinian resources in occupied West Bank
10-01-2012 Argentina: Governors assume electoral wins give mining companies "social license" to operate
10-01-2012 Philippines: Another natural disaster reignites the mining debate
27-12-2011 Doe Run Perú's future looking gloomy, lawyer says
27-12-2011 El Salvador: International organisations urge World Bank to dismiss Pacific Rim lawsuit
27-12-2011 Futuro de Doe Run Perú se anticipa sombrío, sostiene abogado
27-12-2011 PNG Supreme Court allows Ramu Nickel's toxic waste dumping at sea
20-12-2011 China: Toxic Copper Mining Grips "Mother River"
20-12-2011 Indian High Court stays clearance for new coal mine
12-12-2011 Massey Energy fined US$10.8 million for worst mining disaster in 40 years
11-12-2011 Multa récord a Massey Energy por tragedia de Upper Big Branch en Estados Unidos
08-12-2011 Tribunal Supremo anula concesión de Infinito Gold en Costa Rica
05-12-2011 Costa Rica: Court annuls Crucitas mining concession, dismisses appeals
30-11-2011 Costa Rica: Judge Leaked Draft Decision on Crucitas gold mine
28-11-2011 Denuncian filtración de sentencia en caso Crucitas, Costa Rica
21-11-2011 S.Africa's gold miners denied access to silicosis checks
14-11-2011 Canada - Harper's Bazaar
08-11-2011 Swings and Roundabouts at US Environmental Agency
31-10-2011 Corte de Estados Unidos revive acusación de genocidio contra Rio Tinto
31-10-2011 U.S. Court is prepared to hear Bougainville genocide case against Rio Tinto
25-10-2011 Settling mining damages, the US way
25-10-2011 Indonesian coal battles are heating up
25-10-2011 PNG's government promises to reverse draconian Environment Act amendment
18-10-2011 Vedanta accused of fraud - yet again!
18-10-2011 Communities file legal action against Los Pumas manganese project, Chile
18-10-2011 Inco-Vale decision overturned by Ontario's highest court
18-10-2011 Massey employee convicted in Upper Big Branch mine investigation
05-10-2011 $1 million lawsuit filed against Xstrata over Mount Isa lead poisoning
05-10-2011 Vedanta's refinery expansion plan suffers another setback
26-09-2011 Dear Big Coal: You're Not Above The Law
26-09-2011 South Africa gold miners sue Anglo American in London
19-09-2011 Borneo tribe loses Bakun dam case
12-09-2011 Apex court reserves order on Sterlite plant
12-09-2011 Wikileaks expose US & PNG position on Bougainville case against Rio Tinto
06-09-2011 Comunidad Maya Q'eqchi' busca asistencia internacional para obtener justicia en Guatemala
06-09-2011 Minera Blackfire investigada por sobornos en México
06-09-2011 Canadian police raid Calgary miner over bribery allegations
06-09-2011 Maya Q'eqchi' seek help to gain justice in Guatemala
23-08-2011 Chile aprobó explotación de carbón en la Patagonia
23-08-2011 HudBay se retira de Guatemala
23-08-2011 HudBay gets out of Guatemala - but won't escape
23-08-2011 Australians ignite around Coal and Food
01-08-2011 Ramu deep sea waste dumping can proceed, says PNG judge
01-08-2011 Vedanta thrashed, as board clashes with shareholders
25-07-2011 Ministerio Público solicitó revocatoria de título minero en el Parque Yaigoje Apaporis, Colombia
25-07-2011 Vedanta set for rough ride as shareholders hover
25-07-2011 Colombian Prosecutor calls for mining concessions to be revoked
25-07-2011 Africa's uranium industry "threatens people and nature"
18-07-2011 India’s highest court lays bare assaults on the country’s poorest peoples
11-07-2011 Law and disorder: Justice for Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines?
11-07-2011 Justicia italiana pide 20 años de cárcel para ex dueños de Eternit
11-07-2011 Italian court seeks 20-year terms for asbestos poisoners
11-07-2011 South Africa: Magaliesberg environmentalists allege 'slapping' by miner
11-07-2011 For South Africa's sickened gold miners, a long wait for justice
04-07-2011 Corruption alleged at the heart of Kansas government
28-06-2011 Tampakan project driven on, while brakes applied elsewhere in Philippines
20-06-2011 Settlement for $263 Million in favour of Idaho Tribes after 20 years lawsuit
07-06-2011 Comibol, APM reach settlement over Karachipampa - Bolivia
30-05-2011 US Pension funds demand justice from Massey Energy
24-05-2011 Colombian court kills recently passed mining laws
17-05-2011 US$4.6 million fine upheld against Zijin over poisoning
17-05-2011 Tribunal chino ratifica multa a Zijin por vertido tóxico
10-05-2011 Xstrata in court over coal carbon emissions
10-05-2011 Is US coal coming under control?
02-05-2011 Patrón de ThyssenKrupp condenado por la muerte de siete obreros en Italia
02-05-2011 ThyssenKrupp's Italian CEO convicted of homicide
02-05-2011 Canada: First Nation seeks urgent injunction to stop Zenyatta drilling
02-05-2011 Canadian court ruling may hold Anvil to account for Congo massacre
28-04-2011 Ordenan a GoldCorp pagar $130 millones a ejidatarios de Zacatecas, Mexico
27-04-2011 The Great 1872 US Resources Giveaway
27-04-2011 HudBay loses out to Mayan community in Guatemala
27-04-2011 Renco files for arbitration against Peru over Andean smelter
27-04-2011 Concessions and counter attack mark Anglo American AGM
12-04-2011 Fundición Ventanas de Codelco contamina poblado de La Greda en Chile
12-04-2011 Chile: Pollution and gas leak hit community
04-04-2011 Victims of gang-rape in Guatemala sue Canadian mining company
28-03-2011 Court Dismisses U.S. Miner's Claims Against El Salvador
28-03-2011 Glimmer of justice for sick gold miners
28-03-2011 Desestiman demanda de minera estadounidense contra El Salvador
22-03-2011 Zijin Mining to face court case on tailings dam accident
22-03-2011 Canadian law fails community harmed by mining company in Ecuador
14-03-2011 Guatemala: violencia cerca de mina de Goldcorp ratifica necesidad de suspenderla
08-03-2011 World Bank Backs Marine Dumping Of Mine Waste
01-03-2011 China Plans To Rein In Heavy Metal Pollution
14-02-2011 Social Movements Fight Mining (and protect the paramos!) in Colombia
14-02-2011 US Appeals court revives case against Drummond
14-02-2011 India's government caves in further to its pro-mining lobby
14-02-2011 South Africa: between a rock and hard places?
14-02-2011 Corte de Estados Unidos reabre caso de sindicalistas colombianos asesinados
07-02-2011 Death Threats against Environmental Defenders in El Salvador
07-02-2011 Hidden Valley leaves disadvantaged communities 'worse off'
07-02-2011 Numerous complaints made against Gabon manganese mining
31-01-2011 Agarwal's juggernaut rolls on regardless
25-01-2011 Arbitraje internacional, la nueva jugada de Doe Run Perú
25-01-2011 Doe Run's Latest Move
17-01-2011 Thai lead polluter finally ordered to pay compensation
17-01-2011 It's not just hot air, as Björk takes on Beaty
10-01-2011 Australian lead producer ordered to stop mining - again
10-01-2011 Wikileaks stories on Freeport & Mrs Mugabe
27-12-2010 A double exodus for Doe Run?
27-12-2010 Colombian state ombudsman opposes Angostura gold project
27-12-2010 Vedanta: serial offending in Zambia too?
21-12-2010 Hansen finds US presents greatest wall to halting global warming
21-12-2010 London Calling asks why "Save the Children" isn't doing just that?
13-12-2010 Indígena guatemalteca demanda a minera canadiense Hud Bay por asesinato de su marido
13-12-2010 Federal prosecutors seek suspension of Vale´s Paragominas bauxite complex, Brazil
13-12-2010 Indigenous groups reject "consultation" by Government and Minera Afrodita in northern Peru
13-12-2010 New study claims Vedanta smelter "endangers human health"
13-12-2010 Canadian Miner Being Sued for Violent Death of Community Leader
06-12-2010 London Calling hails a community victory in South Africa
29-11-2010 Tribunal anula concesión de Infinito Gold en Costa Rica
29-11-2010 Estado de Bolivia enfrentará amenaza de arbitraje por Karachipampa
29-11-2010 Costa Rican court shuts down Canadian gold mine
29-11-2010 US students subpoena Uribe over violations of human rights
29-11-2010 Hunger strikers surpass day 50 in Chile
22-11-2010 It just ain't football!
22-11-2010 Doe Run enfrenta a sus víctimas peruanas en corte legal de Estados Unidos
22-11-2010 Orissa HC rules Vedanta University land acquisition illegal and void
22-11-2010 Doe Run faces its Peruvian victims in US court
16-11-2010 Anvil acusada de complicidad en masacres del Congo
16-11-2010 Who is Cu Huy Ha Vu? A brave man, for sure
16-11-2010 Congolese victims strike Anvil in Canada
08-11-2010 Judge Voids Coal Mine Expansion Permit on Navajo Tribal Land
08-11-2010 Argentinian judge grants glacier law exemptions for Pascua Lama
08-11-2010 World's "worst" mining company in the dock - again!
01-11-2010 Two year investigation sees nine charged over international electrical waste dumping
01-11-2010 Philippine tribe blocks delivery of mine equipment
25-10-2010 Doe Run - Lead Producer to Pay $7M Fine, Spend $65M on Cleanups
25-10-2010 Vedanta off the hook in Tamil Nadu - but only for a while
25-10-2010 Barrick Gold encounters problems in Dominican Republic
25-10-2010 India's biggest minerals project may be axed
18-10-2010 Zijin Mining fined $1.4m for July gold mine spill
18-10-2010 US coal companies charged with causing massive water pollution
04-10-2010 Indian court orders closure of Vedanta's "polluting" copper plant
04-10-2010 Papua New Guinea's Ramu battle may not be at an end
27-09-2010 How may the law be served, if justice is denied?
27-09-2010 Rio Tinto asks US appeals court to dismiss Papua New Guinea human rights lawsuit
20-09-2010 Ocean exploration reaches perilous new depths
16-09-2010 Gerentes de Goldcorp acusados de contaminación en Honduras
14-09-2010 Goldcorp staff face criminal charges over mine pollution in Honduras
14-09-2010 Dirty looking stones
01-09-2010 India: Se ganó una batalla ¡Ahora, a terminar la guerra!
30-08-2010 A famous battle is won - now to end the war!
30-08-2010 Anti-Vedanta activism hits the spotlight in Tamil Nadu
30-08-2010 Laying siege against coal mining in Bangladesh
17-08-2010 Pacific Rim gana primer round en batalla contra El Salvador
17-08-2010 Más presión para Goldcorp en Guatemala
16-08-2010 More pressure is applied to Goldcorp in Guatemala
16-08-2010 PacRim wins first stage of compensation battle against El Salvador
10-08-2010 Arrestan a responsable de minera Zijin por contaminación
08-08-2010 World Bank probe of Eskom's loan
03-08-2010 Trafigura declarada culpable en tragedia por vertidos tóxicos
02-08-2010 Trafigura found guilty in toxic waste dumping tragedy
02-08-2010 UK government taken to court over companies trading Congo conflict minerals
24-07-2010 Mega-miner to meet its match?
24-07-2010 India's highest court roundly condemns government policy towards tribal and marginal citizens
20-07-2010 Niegan apelación de New Gold en México
17-07-2010 New Gold's appeal on Mexico EIS ruling blocked
09-07-2010 Shoshone Battle to Stop Gold Mine on Mount Tenabo Continues
09-07-2010 Canadian citizens awarded $36-million in suit against Inco
04-07-2010 Mining remains uphill for Vedanta
26-06-2010 Guatemala: Goldcorp's Marlin mine is suspended
26-06-2010 Costa Rica reaffirms opposition to open-pit gold mining
04-06-2010 Papua New Guinea removes land owner rights
29-05-2010 Mining for Profits in International Tribunals
23-05-2010 Ecuadorians to appeal Ontario court's decision on lawsuit against TSX and Copper Mesa
23-05-2010 Secret government report says Ramu mine dumping flawed
23-05-2010 Filipinos still seeking justice for 1993 Marcopper tragedy
20-05-2010 BHP's 'tea money' missing in Cambodia
01-05-2010 Supreme Court of Jujuy Province Halts Uranium Mining, Argentina
01-05-2010 BHP Billiton hit by bribery allegations
01-05-2010 Barrick gets court go-ahead on Cortez Hills
24-04-2010 Indonesia: Fisherfolk take to court against Australian miner
24-04-2010 Squeaky - but far from clean
24-04-2010 Court stops completion of PNG's Ramu mine
24-04-2010 Crucitas, Costa Rica: March Against Gold Mine Exploitation
08-04-2010 Canadian Government Sidesteps Supreme Court Ruling
31-03-2010 Muriel up against the wall in Colombia
24-03-2010 PNG: Chinese project brought to a grinding halt
24-03-2010 Blood and Iron: Rio Tinto heads to the top
24-03-2010 Mexico's mining giant indicted by workers
24-03-2010 South Africa's Eskom slapped with law suit
18-03-2010 Farmers claim win in BHP fight
18-03-2010 Papua Tribe Files $32bn Lawsuit Against Freeport
18-03-2010 Legal case proceeds against OceanaGold in the Philippines
18-03-2010 Barrick Gold and its disputes in Dominican Republic
02-03-2010 Human rights violations against OceanaGold to be aired in court
02-03-2010 Huascoaltinos claim over Pascua Lama deemed admissible by the Inter-American CHR
23-02-2010 Judge Suspends Yamana's Agua Rica Project After Clashes in Andalgala, Argentina
23-02-2010 Dorato Resources Suspended by Peruvian Authorities
15-02-2010 Kenya: Landmark Ruling on Indigenous Land Rights
15-02-2010 Western Shoshone return to court, citing violations by Barrick Gold
07-02-2010 Call to Obama to stop private firms exploiting poor states
07-02-2010 Conflicts over mining: the illusory boundary between "legal" and "illegal"
07-02-2010 Philippines: Royalco project proceeds in teeth of Indigenous opposition
31-01-2010 Canada's Supreme Court bows down to environmental pressure
31-01-2010 Locals plan to sue mine over 'toxic metal'
25-01-2010 Chinese mine project faces growing opposition in Papua New Guinea
19-01-2010 Queensland mining companies face water contamination charges
19-01-2010 Pacific Islanders Bid To Stop Czech Coal Plant
19-01-2010 Chile: Where there's gold there's dirt!
19-01-2010 Canada-Ecuador: When Stock Exchanges Fuel Human Rights Violations
11-01-2010 Court blow to farmers fighting coal exploration
11-01-2010 Peruvian organisation may expel polluting US firm
22-12-2009 Platinex drops attempt to explore on native land
22-12-2009 New Gold Rises in Toronto After Mexican Mine Ruling
14-12-2009 Turin trial opens over asbestos deaths
14-12-2009 Asarco Pays $1.79 Billion to Fix Sites across 19 US states
06-12-2009 US: Western Shoshone bring major Barrick Gold project to a halt
30-11-2009 Indian Government says Vedanta violated licensing rules at Nyamgiri
30-11-2009 London Calling probes the home affairs of an Indian minister - and the company he keeps
30-11-2009 Sixteen years of fraud?
23-11-2009 Vedanta tells Indian court it can't obey clean-up order
23-11-2009 Sesa Goa slides on report of accounts probe
23-11-2009 Vedanta officials charged with culpable homicide over Indian disaster
16-11-2009 UK:Landmark case against Treasury chucked out
16-11-2009 Mexico To Shut Down New Gold's Cerro de San Pedro Project
16-11-2009 Costa Rica: Is this the final battle over gold mine?
09-11-2009 Mexican Court Orders Immediate Halt to Canadian project
09-11-2009 Angola's Falcone lands in jail, but questions remain
09-11-2009 Stephan Schmidheiny: Saint or Sinner?
02-11-2009 New Zealand: Rio Tinto scores a double whammy
02-11-2009 With Smelter Shut, Peru Mulls Zero Tariff On Lead
02-11-2009 Vedanta report "designed to hamper" disaster investigations, says police chief
26-10-2009 UK Treasury taken to court for RBS loans to Vedanta Resources
26-10-2009 Peru: Appalling abuses, charged against British company, go to court
19-10-2009 Inco Refinery Pollution Suit Tests Ontario Environmental Laws
19-10-2009 Australian miner "making us powerless in our own country" - Aboriginal spokesperson
19-10-2009 Rio Tinto increases grip on Ivanhoe, as Mongolia mega-project proceeds
19-10-2009 From small town poisoning to mega-buck deal
19-10-2009 Suffer the children - yet again
13-10-2009 UK government finds Vedanta in major breach of trust
05-10-2009 Bolivia and Chile battle for Silala water rights
05-10-2009 Peruvians don't like the taste of Southern's Tia Maria
29-09-2009 Indigenous community harassed after more violence at the Didipio mine
29-09-2009 Peruvian congress grants Doe Run 30-month extension on cleanup deadline
27-09-2009 Vedanta accused of illegally constructing death-dealing Indian power plant
27-09-2009 Culprit company announces huge expansion of Goa mines
22-09-2009 Media menaced by companies and governments - report
22-09-2009 Goa: Sky's the limit as court rules against Vedanta
22-09-2009 Aboriginal community takes "last stand" against world's most powerful miner
14-09-2009 Overburdened: the hidden realities of India's holiday state
14-09-2009 Guinea regime says it will audit global miners
14-09-2009 Asarco bidding battle enters final strait
01-09-2009 Stealing Vedanta's limelight: a report of the 2009 AGM
01-09-2009 Potentially toxic ship gets docked by UK watchdog
01-09-2009 Bargaining in Beijing
25-08-2009 US bidding intensifies, as two bad companies vie for a third
25-08-2009 Is a new wind blowing through India's villages and hills? It's still too early to tell
25-08-2009 Freeport falls foul of DR Congo government - but scrapes by
25-08-2009 Court Orders Codelco To Compensate Workers Suffering From Silicosis
10-08-2009 Port lead disaster gets cosmetic response
10-08-2009 Peru: Is this Doe's final run?
10-08-2009 WHO's watching the world's health watchdog?
03-08-2009 Ghana: WACAM condemns demolishing of James Sarpong's village by AngloGold Ashanti
03-08-2009 Canada's Vale workers go south in protest
03-08-2009 India: Pollution Control Board slaps notice on VAL
03-08-2009 Grupo Mexico: Workers' campaign crosses borders
03-08-2009 Women win SA court case brought by Anglo Platinum
03-08-2009 VAL flouted norms with impunity: Outfit
03-08-2009 Native American tribe gains time in fight against uranium
27-07-2009 Ivanhoe faces further delay in Mongolia
20-07-2009 Vedanta Damned
20-07-2009 London Calling raises some awkward questions about Chinese arrests
20-07-2009 British company accused of numerous violations at Indian refinery
07-07-2009 US Supreme Court backs potential poisoning of lake
22-06-2009 Grace's Libby mine declared "public health emergency"
22-06-2009 US calls for release of arrested Vietnam activist
22-06-2009 Is Elbegdorj taking the right steppes in Mongolia?
22-06-2009 Rio Tinto sued for pollution at "best practice" mine "
16-06-2009 El Salvador - Commerce Group to seek CAFTA Arbitration
16-06-2009 No gold for Goldcorp, after California judgment
16-06-2009 Vietnam bauxite battle intensifies
16-06-2009 Beating swords into ploughshares? Four US coal cases
08-06-2009 London Calling returns to Armenia - and the Vedanta connection
08-06-2009 Exposing Freeport's shame
08-06-2009 Doe Run Peru: The Chronicle of a Death Foretold?
08-06-2009 Landowners threaten to close Wau mine in PNG
02-06-2009 London Calling asks if Vedanta's guilty of a massive money laundering racket
18-05-2009 Vedanta fined, as Indian judge declares environmental activism vital to combat "mankind's folly”
18-05-2009 Peru: Protesters block Yanacocha, as small miners stage national protest
11-05-2009 Grace executives acquitted in asbestos trial
11-05-2009 China: wheeling and dealing in Australia
05-05-2009 Coal's a burning problem in the Philippines
05-05-2009 A mixed bag of coal-related "policies"
27-04-2009 Ups and downs of DRC mining
27-04-2009 Lead poisoning may affect many generations, says new study
06-04-2009 Enviros Win Injunction Against Mountaintop Removal Mining
06-04-2009 Zambian parliament to abolish mining windfall tax
06-04-2009 Rio Tinto goes naked into the shareholders’ chamber
06-04-2009 Lawyers take aim at mining companies Their rallying cry: 'corporate social responsibility'
06-04-2009 Justice postponed - justice denied
22-03-2009 Ghana: 'Withdraw permits of Newmont, Adamus'
16-03-2009 Mine waste trips up Alaska gold rush
16-03-2009 Caribou at stake in Canadian controversy
11-03-2009 Ecuador: Intag to Sue Canadian Stock Exchange and company - Líderes comunitarios de Intag demandan a la Bolsa de Valores de Toronto y empresa minera
11-03-2009 El Salvador - Pacific Rim gets sacked - Presidente Saca se opone a explotación minera y confía en ganar posible arbitraje de Pacific Rim
11-03-2009 Philippines: yet another mining agreement angers local people
19-08-2008 Villagers win lengthy battle against Thai lead miner
09-07-2008 Lead victims painted into a corner by court decision
26-03-2008 Peru gives Rio Tinto mining rights at the border
07-03-2008 Northgate told to go back to drawing board
28-02-2008 Native Alaskans sue Peabody and others over global warming impacts
27-02-2008 It just ain't football! Russian watchdog imposes massive fines on Norilsk and Evraz
15-02-2008 Canada Uranium update
08-02-2008 Canada uranium update
08-02-2008 ARCO-BP must shell out for old mining damages
05-02-2008 Kyrgyzstan aims tax probe at Centerra mine
31-01-2008 India update
18-01-2008 Tata land seizure cleared by court
17-01-2008 Toxic spills to Appalachian waters cost Massey $20 million
10-01-2008 Latin America update
05-01-2008 Turkish government jumps gold claims
04-01-2008 Canada and U.S. uranium update
02-01-2008 Resistance grows to India's rural invasions
30-12-2007 US Supreme Court expected to make decision on Teck Cominco case soon
21-12-2007 No grace for Grace
20-12-2007 US Senate passes act forbidding import of Myanmar's gems, timber
19-12-2007 BOOK REVIEW: A case that reverberated throughout north America
18-12-2007 New Jersey sues over Pennsylvania power plant pollution
14-12-2007 Indonesia update
12-12-2007 First Nation takes issue with national body over mining collaboration
12-12-2007 US closes loopholes in sanctions
06-12-2007 Shoshone use film, courts, to fight gold mine on sacred land
29-11-2007 Teck Cominco's chances of Supreme Court hearing diminished, experts say
28-11-2007 Coal - "a 19th century answer to a 21st century problem"
19-11-2007 Mongolia's Minefield
15-11-2007 Court between the devil and the deep blue sea
15-11-2007 Congo Mining Commission fires multiple salvos - and itself comes under fire
11-11-2007 North America's toxic mine burden galvanises groups into action
23-10-2007 Canada update
17-10-2007 London Calling: the bull behind Al's goring
11-10-2007 US update
09-10-2007 Latin America update
06-10-2007 Vedanta update
29-09-2007 Latin America update
27-09-2007 Philippines update
25-09-2007 Asbestos diseases stalk South African communities
18-09-2007 Canada update
11-09-2007 Philippines update
10-09-2007 Indonesia update
07-09-2007 Vedanta update
07-09-2007 Canada Uranium update
04-09-2007 Bougainville update
01-09-2007 London Calling
30-08-2007 US update
22-08-2007 Rio Tinto update
16-08-2007 Bangladesh update: is opinion now swinging against Phulbari coal?
16-08-2007 Canada Uranium update
13-08-2007 Indonesia update
22-07-2007 Highest Turkish court rules to close Canadian-owned gold mine
14-07-2007 Latin American update
13-07-2007 Philippines Update
28-06-2007 South Asia update
23-06-2007 Latin America update
22-06-2007 India Update
13-06-2007 Bougainville update
25-05-2007 US update
22-05-2007 Indonesia update
19-05-2007 Vedanta update: blow after blow
04-05-2007 US update
02-05-2007 Latin American update
27-04-2007 Indonesia update
20-04-2007 London Calling
16-04-2007 Bougainville: Court rules in favour
12-04-2007 OMYA neighbors make one last stand
07-04-2007 US Update
05-04-2007 Malawi: NGOs want to stop uranium mining
03-04-2007 Diamond review will go ahead, De Beers says
30-03-2007 US update
29-03-2007 Tiny blind animal halts billion dollar Aussie mine
25-03-2007 Philippines update
24-03-2007 Latin American Update
23-03-2007 US Update
22-03-2007 Indonesia update
17-03-2007 US-Canada update
11-03-2007 Vedanta update
09-03-2007 US Update
03-03-2007 London Calling scents something rotten in the North Woods - and even worse in Armenia
02-03-2007 Solid evidence - in a digestible form
02-03-2007 Bougainville update
28-02-2007 Canada update
14-02-2007 Tiomin wants Sh200 million suit cost from farmers
14-02-2007 US update
06-02-2007 Bougainville update
01-03-2006 New Asbestos claims settlement in South Africa

Legislation

17-06-2013 Mining Firms Face New Regulator Scrutiny Amid Deal Probes
13-06-2013 Kinross Cancels Plan to Develop Ecuadorean Gold Mine
03-06-2013 Canada's distorted mining policies deepen conflict in Peru and waste at home
03-06-2013 Indonesia's government to revoke concessions in customary forests
03-06-2013 Philippines: New threats for anti-mining advocates
03-06-2013 Kyrgyzstan Calls State of Emergency After Gold Mine Clashes
28-05-2013 UK lawmakers consider probe into transparency of mining firms
21-05-2013 Australia: Mining Project to Unleash 'Environmental Vandalism on a Grand Scale'
21-05-2013 Many countries badly mismanage oil, mining resources
13-05-2013 India reverses stand on asbestos at Rotterdam Convention meet
13-05-2013 Exploring the dark side of India's coal scam
07-05-2013 Greenland: 48 NGOs call for continuation of zero tolerance uranium policy in the Danish realm
07-05-2013 Peru rolling back indigenous law in win for mining sector
28-04-2013 Philippines: The Assault on the Mining Act Continues
22-04-2013 India: The Bastar Land Grab
22-04-2013 Glencore clinches Xstrata take-over with Chinese copper deal
15-04-2013 Philippines: Another legal challenge to the Philippine Mining Act
15-04-2013 India: What is tribal affairs minister up to?
15-04-2013 Rio Tinto accused of attempting to dilute EU law on extractive transparency
09-04-2013 Quebec imposes moratorium on uranium development
09-04-2013 Is China losing its battle against state-backed polluters?
09-04-2013 New Zealand PM: Alumininum smelter "must stand on its own two feet"
01-04-2013 Zimbabwe embarks on community "empowerment"
01-04-2013 Philippines: More questions, and a few answers
01-04-2013 Peru: mercury poisoning, civil strife, and a polluting plant...
01-04-2013 India: Mining sacrifices Orissa's forests - and its peoples
25-03-2013 Indonesia: Aceh claims deal to open 1.2M ha of protected forest to logging & mining
19-03-2013 Guatemala's Highest Court Denies Justice to Indigenous Peoples Affected by Mining
19-03-2013 United front forms against Quebec uranium mining
19-03-2013 Greenlanders vote - but for what kind of future?
19-03-2013 Philippines: Government reopens the doors to mining amid protests
11-03-2013 New Bougainville legislation "a world first for landowner rights"
05-03-2013 Australia: Mining bosses face jail over safety
05-03-2013 PNG PM Silent on Environmental Risks of the Solwara 1 Deep Sea Mine
05-03-2013 Australia warned to stay out of Bougainville affairs
25-02-2013 Chippewa tribe could have say in Wisconsin iron ore mine
25-02-2013 Kyrgyz parliament votes to renegotiate Kumtor mine contract
11-02-2013 Zimbabwe: Marange Diamonds - Zanu-PF's Best Friend?
11-02-2013 Zambian government seeks a better mining deal
11-02-2013 A call to 'prove that mines develop South Africa'
04-02-2013 Philippines: Another killing at Xstrata's Tamapakan mine
04-02-2013 "Aid not Trade" for mining companies?
04-02-2013 Guyana court ruling violates indigenous peoples' rights
28-01-2013 India: Environment, Tribal Ministries to stand by forest rights
28-01-2013 In Wisconsin Mining Industry Targets "Prove It First" Law
28-01-2013 Hondurans protest against new mining law
28-01-2013 Vale and Pan American Silver halt projects in Argentina
14-01-2013 Colombia to prohibit mining in mineral-rich northern area
14-01-2013 Canada: Yukon court decision could force BC to overhaul its antiquated mining laws
07-01-2013 Zimbabwe accepts $550m empowerment deal for Mimosa platinum mine
07-01-2013 India - Relaxation in green norms "to boost Coal India output"
07-01-2013 Peru: Exploration investment to keep falling due to social conflicts, expert says
07-01-2013 Australian mining interests sabotaged aboriginal land rights
27-12-2012 South Africa: Did police deliberately shoot victims of the "Marikana Massacre"?
27-12-2012 Zambia: State to probe siphoned corporate taxes
27-12-2012 Guinea labour unions call for cancellation of BSGR, RUSAL contracts
17-12-2012 Will Indian government reverse bauxite mine cancellations in Andhra and Orissa?
11-12-2012 China: how can workers' rights be safeguarded?
11-12-2012 Asbestos: International protest to WHO falls on death ears
04-12-2012 To mine or not to mine - the burning question for Chubut, Argentina
27-11-2012 Mexico: International mission calls for closure of conflict-ridden mine
25-11-2012 Vale wins environmental permit for Brazil rail expansion
25-11-2012 Long-knives drawn in battle over Bumi
11-11-2012 DRC to discuss mining code changes with companies
11-11-2012 Vale partner says Guinea seeks to seize iron ore assets
11-11-2012 Surely asbestos mining is now on the way out?
11-11-2012 Is it too late to limit greenhouse gas emissions to 2 degrees?
05-11-2012 Egypt's Centamin mine license revoked by court
01-11-2012 Rushing to judgment in the Dominican Republic
01-11-2012 Africans urged to implement the continent's "Mining Vision"
01-11-2012 Aid money used to support Australian mining interests in Africa
23-10-2012 Last Quebec asbestos mine abandons plan to re-open
23-10-2012 Philippines: Tampakan violence claims the lives of tribal woman and her children
23-10-2012 India's poisonous coal use set to increase
16-10-2012 Africa's mineral wealth hardly denting poverty levels, says World Bank
16-10-2012 Mining and the Chile Effect
16-10-2012 Ghanaian Forum calls for major mining reforms
16-10-2012 Indonesia threatens 'harsh measures' against miners who dismiss workers
08-10-2012 Philippines Mining: Damning Conclusions
02-10-2012 India's Supreme Court rules against corporate acquisition of Tribal and Dalit lands
24-09-2012 Polish ministries clash over the "green" and the black
24-09-2012 South Sudan mining law to kick-start exploration
24-09-2012 Declaration of Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba
20-09-2012 The End of Quebec Asbetos Mining and Exports?
18-09-2012 India's state of Goa shuts all iron mines
18-09-2012 New Philippine mining rules, but will anything change?
18-09-2012 A call to suspend mining in Papua New Guinea
18-09-2012 Canadian Parliamentarians meet with Guatemalan Legislators on Goldcorp's Ticket
12-09-2012 Australian polluters to save A$2.5 billion in CO2 costs
12-09-2012 Potential for a Mining Boom Splits Factions in Afghanistan
12-09-2012 Divergent views of new US rules on DRC and "conflict minerals"
12-09-2012 Nationalisation - no help in ending Bolivian mine fight
04-09-2012 A small, small step in the right direction for Peru's mining industry
04-09-2012 Australia: Congress Brings First Peoples, Industry and Government Come Together for Talks
04-09-2012 Goldcorp organizes junket for Canadian parliamentarians to Guatemala
28-08-2012 Philippines: Indigenous advocate resigns over mining legislation
28-08-2012 US court strikes down EPA rule on coal pollution
21-08-2012 India: Oxfam sponsored study suggests there is high incidence of illegal mining in Gujarat
13-08-2012 French health expert refuses Legion d'Honneur
13-08-2012 Philippines: A flood of mining problems
06-08-2012 Peru Working to Reform Environmental Impact Assessment System
06-08-2012 Canada: Concerns about loan to reopen Jeffrey Asbestos Mine
06-08-2012 Bolivia: Ministry says cooperatives unable to develop El Mutún
06-08-2012 USA: CO2 emissions are falling
01-08-2012 Inuit campaign for referendum over mine in far north
01-08-2012 Guatemala Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge against Mining Law
24-07-2012 Jindal quits Bolivia, intends pursuing international arbitration
24-07-2012 The London Stock Exchange: a "haven for laundered conflict assets"?
17-07-2012 Mongolia: "Resource Nationalists" make June electoral gains
17-07-2012 Philippines: The President finally publishes, but arguments continue...
11-07-2012 Argentina's Supreme Court upholds glacier protection law
11-07-2012 Canada's Quebec government funds killer industry
11-07-2012 India: Who's speaking the truth on Saranda?
03-07-2012 US: Further legislation will curb dependence on coal
03-07-2012 Guatemala seeks 40% stake of all mining companies
03-07-2012 India: "If this is called governance, tribals are not buying it"
03-07-2012 South Africa's ANC holds debates on mining tax reforms
03-07-2012 Bolivia - Morales does seem to pick 'em!
03-07-2012 Philippines: Executive disorder - the wait continues...
26-06-2012 Peru's great transformation - backwards
26-06-2012 Brazil freezes new mine claims pending reforms
19-06-2012 US coal lobby goes naked into the conference chamber
19-06-2012 Mining, regulatory failure and human rights in India
19-06-2012 Another blow for Xstrata's Tampakan project ...
19-06-2012 Bolivia: to nationalise or not?
12-06-2012 London Calling on Mongolia's "Champion of the Earth"
12-06-2012 US: New Concerns over Mining Boom in Great Lakes region
12-06-2012 New protest in Peru cost 2 lives, the arrest of one Mayor, and 2 legislators quit
12-06-2012 Climate change threatens coal and nuclear-fired electricity
05-06-2012 Indian minister says stop mining in conflict areas
05-06-2012 Are Namibian miners and government on a collision course?
05-06-2012 Out of the Woods: can Australia overcome fatal carbon flaws?
05-06-2012 You can't dress up El Mutun as a spring lamb!
29-05-2012 The mining onslaught on Canada's native communities
29-05-2012 Should PLUS Go MINUS?
29-05-2012 Philippines: Getting away with murder
22-05-2012 Ontario Could Get Burned by Flawed Ring of Fire Process
22-05-2012 Oxfam America files lawsuit against Securities and Exchange Commission
22-05-2012 India's new Mining Bill is an "outright assault on tribal communities"
15-05-2012 Mongolia backtracks on state ownership of mining companies
15-05-2012 Global miners will fight advance of resource nationalism - Glencore CEO
15-05-2012 Australia's mining reforms have gone distinctly "down under"
08-05-2012 Philippines: Miners and military create refugees
08-05-2012 Indonesia: No checks on coal mining, says government report
08-05-2012 Most Hondurans oppose open-cast mining, says survey
01-05-2012 Tanzania: The President, Mining and the Rise of Populism
24-04-2012 Filipino priest rewarded for his work on mining
18-04-2012 Green groups sue US EPA over coal ash pollution
11-04-2012 Indonesia tries keeping its minerals at home
11-04-2012 Philippines: Mining abuses continue with no promised changes in the law
02-04-2012 CARBON in CONFLICT
02-04-2012 Estados Unidos fija nuevo estándar de emisión de carbono para centrales eléctricas
02-04-2012 Luchas por el litio en América Latina
27-03-2012 Australia: nuevo impuesto a la minería de hierro y carbón
27-03-2012 Millonarias ganancias "indebidas" de mineras de carbón en India
27-03-2012 Australia's mineral resource rent tax passes into law
27-03-2012 'Philippine Mining Act cannot be saved by executive order'
27-03-2012 Fears of China: a summing-up
20-03-2012 Romanian revolutionary rebels against Canadian mining project
20-03-2012 Peru: Three dead, many injured, as smallscale miners clash with police
20-03-2012 Wisconsin's pro-mining bill is dead for now
20-03-2012 Will global miners buckle down to tougher government demands?
15-03-2012 Indonesia limita propiedad extranjera de minas
14-03-2012 Mining protests in Madre de Dios region, Peru
14-03-2012 India: Iron fists in dubious gloves
14-03-2012 Indonesia says foreign miners must grant 51% ownership to domestic companies
14-03-2012 Philippines: Anniversary knocked while President delays reforms
14-03-2012 Colombia doesn't yet enjoy a "golden peace" - not by any means
06-03-2012 Organizaciones sociales opinan sobre propuesta de nueva ley minera en Honduras
06-03-2012 Honduran social organisations speak out about proposed new mining law
28-02-2012 Miners fight new fees structure in Zimbabwe
28-02-2012 Philippines: Indigenous peoples point the way on mining
14-02-2012 Panama: Agreement reached between indigenous leaders, government
14-02-2012 Struggles over mining law revision in the Philippines
14-02-2012 PACE condemns mining-related human rights violations in Armenia
14-02-2012 USA: coal seam mining ban introduced to Tennessee Legislature
07-02-2012 Indígenas Ngöbe Buglé bloquean principal vía de Panamá por planes mineros en su territorio
07-02-2012 Más amenazas y violencia contra ambientalistas en El Salvador
07-02-2012 Is China's carbon tax proposal merely "political theatre"?
07-02-2012 Panama erupts in protests against new mining law
31-01-2012 Philippines: 'Defending the Dignity of Life, Securing our Future'
23-01-2012 Masiva marcha contra el cianuro y la minería a cielo abierto en Bariloche, Argentina
23-01-2012 Costa Rica denies Canadian firm right to resume mining
23-01-2012 Wisconsin Tribes unite against new mining bill
16-01-2012 Obama prohíbe la minería de uranio en el Gran Cañón
16-01-2012 Ambientalistas denuncian contrato de Minera Panamá por inconstitucional
16-01-2012 Philippines: No Local Government Consent, No Mining
16-01-2012 US government imposes Grand Canyon uranium ban
16-01-2012 Chile's Sernageomin "lacked seriousness in Mina Invierno evaluation"
10-01-2012 Philippines: Another natural disaster reignites the mining debate
10-01-2012 Argentina: Governors assume electoral wins give mining companies "social license" to operate
09-01-2012 Eurocámara restringe el uso de fosfatos para proteger el agua
09-01-2012 Gobernadores confunden victoria electoral con "licencia social" a proyectos mineros en Argentina
27-12-2011 Is Europe's carbon trading scheme merely hot air?
27-12-2011 US sets out to curb toxic emissions from burning coal
20-12-2011 Mali's children "risk life and limb" in pursuit of gold
20-12-2011 Philippines: 2011 - a hard year for mining
12-12-2011 Canada promotes deadly mineral trade with India
30-11-2011 Australia Passes Landmark Carbon Price Laws
30-11-2011 US policy isn't changing on the climate crisis
30-11-2011 Philippines: Potential new policies, but same old stories
28-11-2011 Australia aprueba impuesto a la emisión de carbono
14-11-2011 Canada - Harper's Bazaar
14-11-2011 Philippines: Where is the safety?
08-11-2011 US House of Representatives gives Native territory to Rio Tinto
08-11-2011 Swings and Roundabouts at US Environmental Agency
08-11-2011 Canadian Opposition Parties Call for Asbestos Sales Ban
31-10-2011 Países de la Convención de Basilea acuerdan prohibir exportación de residuos tóxicos
31-10-2011 Kazakhstan's MPs Toughen Ecology Laws For Miners
25-10-2011 PNG's government promises to reverse draconian Environment Act amendment
23-10-2011 En Alaska dicen no a la minería de oro y cobre
18-10-2011 China subirá impuestos a las ventas nacionales de carbón y tierras raras
18-10-2011 China slaps heavy new tax on coking coal, rare earths
18-10-2011 Striking Freeport miners shot dead in Indonesian strike
18-10-2011 US citizens face biggest health threat for years, after Republican backlash
18-10-2011 Ghanaians demand justice from gold miners
18-10-2011 Vedanta accused of fraud - yet again!
18-10-2011 A taxing debate reaches its climax down-under
10-10-2011 "King Cobra"'s election in Zambia bites Chinese mining firms
10-10-2011 Spoiling over Mongolia's hoards
05-10-2011 Argentina: no habrá minería a cielo abierto en el fin del mundo
05-10-2011 Argentina: No open-pit mining at "the end of the world"
05-10-2011 Philippines: Details of the Tampakan project challenged
19-09-2011 Papua New Guinea PM eats his words
19-09-2011 Australian PM Introduces Controversial Carbon Laws
14-09-2011 Actualizadad sobre legislación-regalías en América Latina
12-09-2011 Australia's carbon tax debate ignites
12-09-2011 Royalty and rights issues in Latin America
12-09-2011 Glencore's sorry record of fatalities and fines
06-09-2011 Papua New Guinea earmarks mineral rights for its indigenous peoples
30-08-2011 Peru's Congress passes Indigenous Peoples' mining consultation law
30-08-2011 Colombia bans mining in 47 coffee municipalities
30-08-2011 Congreso aprobó Ley de Consulta Previa en Perú
30-08-2011 ¡La lucha es del pueblo! Rechazo legislativo al proyecto San Jorge en Mendoza, Argentina
30-08-2011 Coro Mining firmly rejected by Mendoza's legislature, Argentina
30-08-2011 Venezuela moves to nationalise gold industry
30-08-2011 Royalty debates revisit Latin American states
30-08-2011 Australia Passes CO2 Offset Laws, Carbon Pricing Next
30-08-2011 Venezuela nacionaliza explotación de oro
30-08-2011 Who will own South Africa's mines?
30-08-2011 Prohíben minería en municipios cafeteros de Colombia
23-08-2011 Arundhati Roy slams Indian "anti corruption" campaign
23-08-2011 Canada continues promoting deadly asbestos mining
23-08-2011 Posco: Indian Green ministry ignored own objections
23-08-2011 ARMZ and the Man - Tanzanians against uranium
23-08-2011 India's Karnataka assaulted by "Iron Fist" - Report
09-08-2011 Partido Verde propone controles a empresas mineras australianas que operan en el exterior
08-08-2011 Greens want crackdown on overseas Aussie miners
01-08-2011 Canada's last functional asbestos mine about to run dry
25-07-2011 US spending cuts threaten a raft of vital environmental measure
18-07-2011 Impuesto australiano al carbono choca con empresas mineras
18-07-2011 Australian carbon tax treatment is unfair, claim coal miners
18-07-2011 India's new environment minister threatens "speedier" mining permits
11-07-2011 Facing up to challenges of Africa's extractive sectors
11-07-2011 Chile's 'Mining Capital' Calls For Government Support
11-07-2011 Zambia says First Quantum to pay $224m in back taxes
11-07-2011 Tanzania: Barrick investors risk being "chased away"
04-07-2011 Reclaman ley de consulta previa para terminar conflictos socioambientales en Perú
04-07-2011 ¿Consulta popular definirá futuro de Minera Aratirí en Uruguay?
04-07-2011 ICEM Condemns Tactics in Australia Coal Talks
28-06-2011 Cambodian Gold Rush Lures Foreign Giants
28-06-2011 'Transparency' hides Zambia's lost billions
28-06-2011 Canada blocks move to deem asbestos hazardous
20-06-2011 Who stitched up Australia's "ground breaking" minerals tax?
13-06-2011 EIB halts Glencore lending on governance concerns
13-06-2011 Tanzania mulls "Super Tax" On Minerals
13-06-2011 Peru Mining Stocks Plunge as Humala Claims Election Victory
07-06-2011 Oz opposition leader goes nuts over carbon tax proposal
30-05-2011 Miles de peruanos rechazan concesiones mineras en Puno
30-05-2011 Policing Chile's copper
30-05-2011 Consultation will be on my terms - not yours!
24-05-2011 Colombian court kills recently passed mining laws
24-05-2011 India: POSCO's potential corruption must be investigated
24-05-2011 Corte Constitucional frena reforma de ley minera y reconoce derechos indígenas en Colombia
17-05-2011 Is US coal set to flow abroad?
17-05-2011 Canadian Ecumenical Conference on Mining: Report
10-05-2011 The aftermath of another mining disaster in the Philippines
10-05-2011 Outrage at Indian go-ahead for POSCO "loot"
02-05-2011 Tanzania's taxing problem
02-05-2011 Indian coal fields open to mining, despite earlier ban
04-04-2011 Seguridad minera: federaciones internacionales hacen responsable a Chile
04-04-2011 Global Unions to hold Chile accountable on mine safety
04-04-2011 Canada lax on mining anti-bribery efforts: OECD
04-04-2011 Putin Vows To Get Rid Of Polluting Companies
04-04-2011 Indigenous Filipinos re-affirm call to repeal Mining Act
28-03-2011 Glimmer of justice for sick gold miners
28-03-2011 To tax - or not to tax?
28-03-2011 Canadian companies are ignoring human rights issues overseas
22-03-2011 The consequences of copper in Panama
14-03-2011 Activists promote more alternative mining legislation in the Philippines
14-03-2011 India's "Corporate Socialism" enjoys a tax orgy
08-03-2011 Presidente de Panamá pide a Congreso revocar ley minera
08-03-2011 Panama president to repeal mining law reform
08-03-2011 Montana state Senate OKs bill modifying ban on cyanide
01-03-2011 Agencia de cooperación de Canadá subsidia proyectos de responsabilidad social minera
01-03-2011 Llaman al diálogo ante protestas contra reforma de la ley minera en Panamá
01-03-2011 Multitudinaria marcha antiminera tomó la legislatura de Mendoza, Argentina
01-03-2011 Massive anti-mining march takes over Mendoza legislature, Argentina
01-03-2011 Calls for Panama to Ensure the Safety of Mining Protesters
01-03-2011 CIDA Subsidizes Mining's Social Responsibility Projects
01-03-2011 Greenpeace target Pascua Lama in Argentina
14-02-2011 Virginians band together to maintain uranium moratorium
14-02-2011 Aprueban controversial ley de minería en Panamá
14-02-2011 Controversial mining law green-lighted, Panama
14-02-2011 Philippine mining falters in the face of civil society opposition
07-02-2011 India: Scandalous Decision allows go-ahead for POSCO project
17-01-2011 South Africa: All the president's men
10-01-2011 Chile: Partnerships between small miners not feasible, says sector president
10-01-2011 Statement on the Saxena Committee Report on the Forest Rights Act
10-01-2011 Resolution Copper seeks support by wielding checkbook
27-12-2010 More violence at Xstrata's Philippine project
27-12-2010 EPA clamps down on gold mines' mercury emissions
21-12-2010 Bruselas acepta prolongar hasta 2018 subsidios al carbón
13-12-2010 Activist-Turned-Miner Discusses Failures in United States and Michigan Environmental Law
29-11-2010 Costa Rican court shuts down Canadian gold mine
22-11-2010 US: toxic lead is affecting eleven states
22-11-2010 Doe Run faces its Peruvian victims in US court
22-11-2010 Tantalum prices boosted by DRC conflict zone mining ban
16-11-2010 Congreso de Costa Rica declara al país libre de minería a cielo abierto
16-11-2010 Costa Rica lawmakers vote to ban open-pit mining
08-11-2010 Argentinian judge grants glacier law exemptions for Pascua Lama
01-11-2010 Canadian bill to end abuses in foreign mines is defeated
01-11-2010 Canadians aim to float mining anew in Mendoza, Argentina
25-10-2010 San Miguel buys into contentious Philippine mine
25-10-2010 President Aquino called to action on mining
04-10-2010 Argentina aprobó ley de protección de glaciares
04-10-2010 Argentinian lawmakers pass glacier protection law
04-10-2010 Green Outcry As EU Blesses Spanish Support Of Coal
05-09-2010 Trapped: The Chilean Mining Tragedy
30-08-2010 US environment agency defends its stance against coal
23-08-2010 Ley de protección glaciares argentina podría cerrar minas
22-08-2010 Argentina's Glacier Protection Bill could shut mines
16-08-2010 Zambia's government may re-introduce windfall tax on miners
16-08-2010 Are $14bn worth of Indonesian mining projects at risk?
16-08-2010 Good news! US EPA finalizes rules cutting mercury from cement
10-08-2010 Perú cancela licencia a fundición de minera estadounidense
10-08-2010 Ley de glaciares se congela tras fracaso del debate, Argentina
08-08-2010 Argentine Glacier Bill On Ice As Debate Fails
08-08-2010 Goliath fights back against David in PNG mine battle
02-08-2010 Africans call for urgent mining reforms
27-07-2010 Activistas celebran nuevas reglas de transparencia para industrias extractivas en Estados Unidos
24-07-2010 Civil Society Hails New US Oil and Mining Transparency Standards
24-07-2010 Ramu fails to lift interim injunction on tailings disposal
17-07-2010 EU Commission refuses ban on cyanide in gold
14-07-2010 Críticas a García por no promulgar ley de consulta en Perú
09-07-2010 Marchers against mining's "environmental vandalism" face arrest in PNG
09-07-2010 London Calling reviews Australian taxation - the tax is dead, long live the tax...
05-07-2010 Gobernadora de Cotabato del Sur firma prohibición a la minería a cielo abierto, Filipinas
04-07-2010 European Union is considering 12 more years of state aid for coal
04-07-2010 South Cotabato governor signs ban on open-pit mining, Philippines
26-06-2010 US: Massey tries escaping penalties for killing employees
26-06-2010 Canada: stopping toxic waste dumping in lakes
26-06-2010 Gold mining in Mali: Who profits?
26-06-2010 Costa Rica reaffirms opposition to open-pit gold mining
19-06-2010 Philippine province bans open-pit mining
11-06-2010 Greystar says Colombia accepts its gold mine appeal
11-06-2010 Declaration of the Indigenous Communities of the Central Plateau of Chubut, Argentina
06-06-2010 OCMAL inicia Campaña por la Prohibición del Cianuro en América Latina
06-06-2010 Congreso peruano aprueba ley sobre derecho a la consulta de pueblos indígenas
04-06-2010 Papua New Guinea removes land owner rights
04-06-2010 Campaign to Ban Cyanide in Latin America launched
04-06-2010 New Peruvian law on FPIC passed
04-06-2010 Rio Tinto worried Australian tax may give other countries ideas
22-05-2010 Resolución del Parlamento Europeo propone prohibición al uso de cianuro en la minería
20-05-2010 Canadian mining ... more than a PR problem
20-05-2010 MEPs propose a complete ban on the use of cyanide mining technologies in the EU
20-05-2010 Costa Rica's elected president bans new gold mines
09-05-2010 Australia anunció impuesto de 40 por ciento a utilidades mineras
07-05-2010 Colorado Enacts Law Replacing Coal Power with Cleaner Energy
07-05-2010 Australian mining 'super tax' has miners running
07-05-2010 Bolivia nationalizes Glencore antimony smelter
07-05-2010 Thousands protest against mining in New Zealand
07-05-2010 Tanzania faces industry opposition to its new mining law
01-05-2010 Interior Moving to Curb Coal Mining Pollution, US
24-04-2010 Environmentalists praise Philippine's new rules for Environmental Cases
24-04-2010 Sierra Leone Agreement with UK miner is "illegal"
18-04-2010 First Nations call for inclusion in environmental review process
08-04-2010 Six workers killed in protests
08-04-2010 Canadian Government Sidesteps Supreme Court Ruling
31-03-2010 Gobierno regional de Cusco veta actividad minera, Peru
31-03-2010 Peruvian Regional Council seeks ban on all mining
24-03-2010 The shine keeps coming off Canada's gold miners
24-03-2010 Canadian First Nations lift "Ring of Fire" blockade
18-03-2010 Indonesian Miners and Activists Dig for Answers in New Law
18-03-2010 New law to facilitate relocation of communities in mineral rich areas, Peru
18-03-2010 Indigenous Peoples of Guyana Demand Action on Land Rights, Consent Issues
10-03-2010 Sierra Leone: Dangerous draft mining contract about to be enacted
10-03-2010 Tanzanians are more cursed than blessed!
02-03-2010 Groups ID Toxic Coal Ash Sites in 14 States, Demand Regulations
02-03-2010 'Stop new business permits' for the sake of the environment
23-02-2010 Presentation on mining, communities, and sustainable development
15-02-2010 Mineras hacen fortunas libres de impuestos en Perú
15-02-2010 Peru: the mint with a gigantic hole
07-02-2010 Call to Obama to stop private firms exploiting poor states
07-02-2010 Conflicts over mining: the illusory boundary between "legal" and "illegal"
01-02-2010 Corte Suprema de Canadá cede a presión ambientalista
31-01-2010 Mining companies reject windfall tax
31-01-2010 Canada's Supreme Court bows down to environmental pressure
31-01-2010 The Wild West in Ontario's Ring of Fire
31-01-2010 Chile's president-elect pushes part-privatization of world's biggest copper company
26-01-2010 Burmese regime is "privatising to retain control of resources"
25-01-2010 Canada's proposed Mining Bill C-300 gains further endorsement
25-01-2010 Brazil to demand participation in, and more taxes and royalties from, mining companies
19-01-2010 Who's following the true law?
19-01-2010 Hungarian victory against cyanide for gold mining
19-01-2010 US Senate panel OKs compromise on Arizona land-for-mine swap
22-12-2009 Zambia won't curb mining profits, while seeking further FDI
22-12-2009 Doctors resign en masse over uranium exploration
14-12-2009 US Will Settle Indian Lawsuit for $3.4 Billion
30-11-2009 Barrick accused of gang rapes at Porgera, Papua New Guinea
30-11-2009 Indian Government says Vedanta violated licensing rules at Nyamgiri
30-11-2009 London Calling probes the home affairs of an Indian minister - and the company he keeps
30-11-2009 Canadian mining firms face abuse allegations
23-11-2009 Indian network seeks ban on all asbestos imports from Canada
23-11-2009 Promised US curbs on destructive coal mining are greeted with some scepticism
17-11-2009 Public Weighs in With Nearly 100,000 Comments for Grand Canyon Protection
16-11-2009 London Calling on a deadly transatlantic betrayal
16-11-2009 US mercury study finds toxic fish in lakes and reservoirs across 47 States
16-11-2009 BHP and Rio Tinto face new hurdles over world's biggest mining merger
16-11-2009 Stop or step down! Peoples say to Correa in Ecuador
16-11-2009 Mining Report Calls for Fundamental Reforms
09-11-2009 Canada: With "Prosperity" comes destruction
02-11-2009 Indonesians rally to Canadian cause
02-11-2009 Colorado may ban uranium mine
02-11-2009 China undertakes to increase recycling of metals
02-11-2009 Washington gets heavy on toxic metals discharges
02-11-2009 US: EPA Must Limit Power Plant Air Toxics By November 2011
19-10-2009 Ghana conference makes major demands for sustainability, human rights
19-10-2009 Big messes for miners
29-09-2009 If passed, new Canadian bill would curb miner's activities overseas
22-09-2009 Aboriginal community takes "last stand" against world's most powerful miner
14-09-2009 Guinea regime says it will audit global miners
14-09-2009 Overburdened: the hidden realities of India's holiday state
01-09-2009 Mercury's toxic time bomb taints US fish
01-09-2009 Paladin's "good fight" leaves Malawi citizens cold
25-08-2009 Is a new wind blowing through India's villages and hills? It's still too early to tell
25-08-2009 Burma: Asian "investors" baulk sanctions at will
25-08-2009 Dewatering Argentina: a Chilean plan?
10-08-2009 Painted into a deadly corner: lead's global curse
10-08-2009 New TVs threaten crisis for developing countries
03-08-2009 Lethal threat from asbestos fibres 'seriously underestimated', say scientists
27-07-2009 Dragons in the Indonesian mists
27-07-2009 Navajos: recalling disaster, forging a green future
27-07-2009 Tanzania Mining Industry: Revenues, Resentment and Overregulation?
16-07-2009 New report exposes China's Labour attrition
16-06-2009 US mercury controls - debated and challenged
16-06-2009 Revenues from Oil, Gas and Mining Must Benefit All Cambodians, New Coalition Urges
02-06-2009 While government stalls, private member launches bill to regulate Canadian mining overseas
27-05-2009 Tanzania fails to implement mine tax reform, as Barrick comes under fire
18-05-2009 Nickel project hearing halted before it begins
18-05-2009 Philippines "alternative mining" legislation proposed
05-05-2009 I went to the mountain top - and they're still mining coal
27-04-2009 NGOs win mining environmental victory in Canada
27-04-2009 Ups and downs of DRC mining
27-04-2009 Cement Plants Face First Limits on Mercury Emissions
27-04-2009 Zambia - at sixes and sevens over mineral policy?
06-04-2009 Russian Arctic forces boost to secure vast mineral reserves
02-04-2009 The Manila Declaration of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples
30-03-2009 Subprime Carbon: Environmentalists Warn About the Next Big Bubble
22-03-2009 Canadian province moves towards uranium ban
16-03-2009 Radioactive metals steal a march from India
16-03-2009 Mine waste trips up Alaska gold rush
11-03-2009 Lumads say Mining Act has only worsened their lot
11-03-2009 India: Ban On Indigenous Chrysotile Asbestos Mining Lifted
21-10-2008 KI Statement on Ontario Mining Act Reform
28-02-2008 Nigeria: police accused of murdering mining protestors
13-02-2008 Foreign mining companies threaten Zambia
08-02-2008 US EPA brought to book over mercury emissions
04-02-2008 Peru update
01-02-2008 Canada Uranium update
25-01-2008 Ecuador cancels hundreds of mining concessions
23-01-2008 "Epic" covert subsidies alleged, as EU caves in to iron and steel
18-01-2008 Canada Uranium update
18-01-2008 Latin America update
17-01-2008 Colorado faces local mining bans, if bills succeed
15-01-2008 Zambia's new mine taxes: will they be taxing?
15-01-2008 Europe's steel lobby issues threat with global implications
04-01-2008 Latin America update
19-12-2007 Mongolia refuses bow to foreign miners, but allegedly weak on environmental enforcement of domestic
16-12-2007 Bangladesh: Draft coal policy finalised
13-12-2007 Canadian government prepares to permit destruction of more lakes by mining
12-12-2007 First Nation takes issue with national body over mining collaboration
06-12-2007 A Romanian cyanide ban could poleaxe Gabriel's gold mega project
03-12-2007 A Big Victory for a small island: London Calling commemorates
09-10-2007 Latin America update
27-09-2007 Asbestos update: appeal to World Bank
25-09-2007 Asbestos diseases stalk South African communities
30-08-2007 US update
21-08-2007 Philippines update
15-08-2007 Seabed scramble: putting it all under ice
03-08-2007 Arctic scramble heats up
21-07-2007 Philippines Update
29-06-2007 China update
29-06-2007 US update
23-06-2007 Latin America update
22-06-2007 US update
10-06-2007 Latin America update
24-05-2007 Latin America update
14-05-2007 US update
02-05-2007 Latin American update
30-03-2007 Africa update
30-03-2007 US update
11-03-2007 Vedanta update
09-03-2007 Anglo American makes yet another threat
10-02-2007 US Update
06-02-2007 Bougainville update

Other Legal

19-06-2013 Indonesia: Freeport mine stays closed after accident
17-06-2013 UK government accepts complaint over GCM Resources’ Bangladesh coal mine
15-04-2013 Vedanta faces India's Green Tribunal over smelter disaster
09-04-2013 Mexico: REMA-Chiapas demands investigation into ex-mayor
17-12-2012 Colombia's conflict minerals: re-inventing the "terror wheel"?
19-11-2012 Digging work suspended at Barrick's Pascua Lama mine
18-09-2012 Zambia rejects copper project on environmental grounds
06-08-2012 Canadian Government's Extractive Ombudsman Admits Another Glacier Impact Case in Argentina
05-06-2012 Clash intensifies over cost, impacts of giant Indian coal-fired power plant
08-05-2012 Indonesia: No checks on coal mining, says government report
24-04-2012 Peru's Highest Court Sides With Central Government In Conga Case
27-03-2012 Millonarias ganancias "indebidas" de mineras de carbón en India
27-03-2012 India loses $210bn in coal sales in "mother of all scams"
20-03-2012 EPA Adds Nine Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund List
20-02-2012 World Bank/IFC gets hauled over the Indian coals
16-01-2012 Vedanta set to grab further Indian resources - twice over
10-01-2012 A wake-up call for human rights defenders in the Americas
05-12-2011 Philippines: Intex Resources Found in Breach of International Guidelines
22-11-2011 Provincia de Pakistán dice no a Barrick Gold-Antofagasta
14-11-2011 Canada - Harper's Bazaar
31-10-2011 Corte de Estados Unidos revive acusación de genocidio contra Rio Tinto
25-10-2011 Alaska voters say no to gold, copper mine
10-10-2011 The emperor is stripped naked of his clothes
06-09-2011 Maya Q'eqchi' seek help to gain justice in Guatemala
23-08-2011 "Torture camp " discovered in Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields
23-08-2011 Chile approves controversial coal mine in Patagonia
08-08-2011 Ghana: Newmont told to stop abusing community rights
01-08-2011 General ignorance: more threats to Philippine indigenous peoples
25-07-2011 Despite widespread opposition, Chile's Isla Riesco coal project moves forward
11-07-2011 Zimbabwe "blood diamonds" slip through Watchdog's net
13-06-2011 Argentine Environmental Group Files Complaint Against Xstrata Copper
13-06-2011 EIB halts Glencore lending on governance concerns
27-04-2011 Goldcorp ordered to pay $130 million to communal landowners in Zacatecas, Mexico
18-04-2011 How a Colombian city united against gold greed
18-04-2011 Glencore is accused of tax evasion in Zambia
22-03-2011 Greystar Resources withdraws request for environmental permit in Colombia
22-03-2011 Ghana: Newmont hammered for Human Rights Abuses
14-03-2011 Gold rush fuels conflicts in Colombia
08-03-2011 "Acts of god" don't excuse mining companies profiting from disaster
21-02-2011 A Valentine day's present from the US EPA
07-02-2011 Barrick turns glaciers to dust in Chile
22-11-2010 Missing the woods, trees and forests
16-11-2010 "Objective" Rio Tinto Study Raises Eyebrows
08-11-2010 Philippine activists pressure human rights body over Oceana Gold mine
08-11-2010 World's biggest miner knocked back in Australia
01-11-2010 Conflict diamonds set to enrich Zimbabwe's old guard
04-10-2010 Is this the 'death knell for asbestos'?
27-09-2010 How may the law be served, if justice is denied?
20-09-2010 Tampakan mine criticised in Philippines
30-08-2010 In north China, corruption rules the coal mines
22-08-2010 Indian government committee condemns Vedanta's proposed Nyamgiri mine
08-08-2010 Philippines: Endorsement to MacroAsia Deferred
02-08-2010 AFN Chiefs Pledge to Help Defend Lands Against Proposed Prosperity Mine-Canada
02-08-2010 Canada government urged not to support Ivanhoe in Burma
02-08-2010 UK government taken to court over companies trading Congo conflict minerals
17-07-2010 Philippine Bishops want Truth Commission vs environmental crimes
17-07-2010 Urgent Action: Shooting of Community Leader Opposing Goldcorp Mine
09-07-2010 Federal Canadian Panel finds there would be significant impacts from Taseko mine
04-06-2010 Will the World Bank undermine the people of El Salvador in mining dispute?
29-05-2010 International rights body calls for suspension of Goldcorp mine
29-05-2010 Canadian Tsilhqot'in Nation statement on proposed Prosperity Mine
08-03-2010 Reclamo huascoaltino por Pascua Lama admitido por la CIDH
02-03-2010 Toxic e-wastes burden headed for dramatic rise
15-02-2010 Indian government offers to suspend mine deals
07-02-2010 Conflicts over mining: the illusory boundary between "legal" and "illegal"
25-01-2010 Newmont found guilty of major cyanide spill at Ghanian mine
25-01-2010 Guatemalan groups file OECD complaint on Goldcorp mine
29-09-2009 Indigenous community harassed after more violence at the Didipio mine
14-09-2009 Villagers assert rejection of Royalco's mine plan in the Philippines
27-07-2009 Anti-Mining Groups Stage 36 Hour Sit-in at Canadian Embassy, Mexico City
27-07-2009 Iron scrap seized in Basel brush
11-05-2009 Jousting for an iron hand in Africa
27-04-2009 Friedland's shame: Summitville Saga nears sorry conclusion
03-03-2009 Revoking a governor's Feb. 14 decree, B.C. moves to recognize native rights
03-03-2009 US prosecutor threatens no grace for abestos miner
03-03-2009 The flaw in "ethical" diamonds
03-03-2009 Xstrata accused of buying credibility in lead poisoning case
03-03-2009 Vedanta facing triple whammy over fraud
03-03-2009 Chile: Revolt in Atacama - Coordinadora por la defensa del agua en Copiapó
03-03-2009 Argentina's CNEA ordered not to reopen Sierra Pintada uranium mine
23-02-2009 Philippines report: rice and water sacrificed to mining; moratorium demanded
23-02-2009 Zambia citizens' group takes mining companies to court
23-02-2009 Another blow for the Western Shoshone
23-02-2009 A world free of mercury? Not yet - but hope rises
10-02-2009 Canada's Indigenous Rights record slammed, as Norway revises upwards is corporate social responsiblity policy
10-02-2009 Goa: when it comes to mining, who's really breaking the law?
10-02-2009 Aboriginal leader blocks Barrick expansion
02-02-2009 Ivanhoe's Burma subsidiary added to US sanctions list while Rio Tinto remains in the "shame" frame
02-02-2009 How Ghana favours mining against farming
02-02-2009 Zambia succumbs to industry pressure
02-02-2009 Mining recession's human costs
02-02-2009 India: Human chain advances opposition to Vedanta
02-02-2009 Tribal Attempt to Halt Nevada Gold Mine Fails in Court
26-01-2009 Ecuador’s new mining law prompts further protests and concern
26-01-2009 Toxic wastes from Canadian mines evading scrutiny, claim groups
26-01-2009 Colombia: Mining company illegally exploits sacred land - Indígenas Embera defienden el Cerro Cara de Perro, Colombia
26-01-2009 Canada: Tories may eliminate some environmental oversights
26-01-2009 Canada activists demand: "Don't bulldoze our future in the rush for 'shovelready' projects! "
19-01-2009 Canada: First Nation communities want to be included in mining talk
19-01-2009 Corporate pressure may succeed on Zambian government
19-01-2009 Indonesia sends mixed messages to miners
13-01-2009 Ecuador: nationwide protests against new mining law - Huelga de hambre en contra de mineria a gran escala
13-01-2009 Vedanta repelled by Dongria Kondh at sacred mountain
13-01-2009 New rule won't require Idaho mining companies to restore groundwater
13-01-2009 Rio Tinto case revived, as new Bougainville government takes charge
07-01-2009 MAC HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
07-01-2009 Canada: Fight for Public Involvement in Environmental Assessment Heads To Supreme Court
30-12-2008 Australia: carbon bonuses to miners, as pollution increases
30-12-2008 Canada: Madoc mine faces numerous environmental charges
30-12-2008 Massey yet again found guilty
22-12-2008 Australian Aboriginal court victory may force mine closure
22-12-2008 ArcelorMittal, 9 Others Fined EU575 Million by France antitrust regulator for price fixing
22-12-2008 Zimbabwe "hell on earth" spurs demand for expanded Kimberley Process
15-12-2008 Indonesia's proposed new mining law comes under attack
15-12-2008 Romanian campaigners chalk up final victory
15-12-2008 Bangladesh: Overwhelming thumbs-down given to UK mining project
09-12-2008 Bush burns and wastes - right up to the wire
09-12-2008 Tanzania: when the going gets tough…….
09-12-2008 Philippines: Australian company all at sea?
09-12-2008 Uranium's dirty past, present - and future?
02-12-2008 Brazil: Indigenous rights still denied
02-12-2008 Ecuador mobilises against draft Mining Bill - Jornada nacional de lucha contra proyecto de ley minera
02-12-2008 Peru: Policeman killed in protests at Casapalca mine; Huancabamba Authorities criticise Río Blanco EIR - Estalla Casapalca y deja víctima mortal; Autoridades de Huancabamba presentan observaciones a E
02-12-2008 Canadian legal threats to Venezuela
24-11-2008 Vedanta gets go-ahead for Tuticorin expansion - but with conditions attached
24-11-2008 Macedonian Town Sues State for Pollution
24-11-2008 Canadian court cements citizens' right to environmental class action suits
24-11-2008 India's asbestos shame
24-11-2008 Philippine tribe wins official status in mining struggle
24-11-2008 Barrick enjoys precious few "Obama moments"
24-11-2008 South Africa: manganese poisoning claim meets nervous denial
24-11-2008 Ecuador:- It´s all over for Copper Mesa Mining Corporation in Intag - Copper Mesa pierde concesión clave en Intag
24-11-2008 Indian High Court halts Vedanta's bauxite mining
17-11-2008 US: Does coal ruling signal a new "clean" era?
17-11-2008 London Calling looks behind the Ralph affair - Richard Ralph condenado por "negociaciones incompatibles"
17-11-2008 Argentina: President vetoes law protecting glaciers - Presidente veta ley de protección de glaciares
10-11-2008 Guatemala - HudBay delays the Fenix nickel project; Maya Indigenous communities dennounce BHP Billiton - Compañía Guatemalteca de Níquel suspende construcción de planta, Comunidades Maya denuncian a B
10-11-2008 Tanzania: No new mining pacts, House team pleads
10-11-2008 Russia and South Asian states back unacceptable asbestos trade
10-11-2008 Bush burns to the end
10-11-2008 Philippine governor stops mining project in Oriental Mindoro Invokes provincial ordinance banning mining for 25 years
10-11-2008 New Zambian president pleases miners: taxes may fall
10-11-2008 Obnoxious Leverage
05-11-2008 Canada to keep asbestos off trade blacklist
05-11-2008 Bush ignores law protecting Grand Canyon as uranium mining claims soar
27-10-2008 Canada: New Brunswick regulations protect lakes from becoming mining waste dumps
27-10-2008 Ecuador: persecution alleged against woman mining activist - Lina Solano: Nos presiguen, nos amenazan, nos difaman!
27-10-2008 Costa Rica's president faces accusations, as company ordered to stop felling trees - Costa Rica: Investigacion emprendida por la Fisclia
27-10-2008 Bush to rewrite US coal rules, despite growing opposition
21-10-2008 Canada: Summit calls for end to ‘free-entry’
21-10-2008 Doing it right - or wrong - in Minnesota?
21-10-2008 US ban on Burma gems needs tightening
21-10-2008 Argentina: San Luis Province Bans Cyanide, Sulphuric Acid in Mining - Autoconvocados y Asambleas Populares celebran sanción de restricciones a la minería en San Luis
07-10-2008 Mine left, and water went with it
07-10-2008 US mercury export ban welcomed
22-09-2008 US asbestos - putting the end to a deadly trade
22-09-2008 Peru - Piura Votes, A Dangerous Precedent - Piura, un año después: el miedo a la democracia
16-09-2008 UK jury stacks its cards against coal
16-09-2008 Colombia: coal company slapped with US$ 40 million fine - Ordenan a Drummond pagar 40 milliones
16-09-2008 Mine owners reported to police over planning breach
16-09-2008 Canada: uranium strikes
02-09-2008 Alaska: a Pebble in the Streams
02-09-2008 Files show governor intervened with court
19-08-2008 Ontario aims to revise mining act
19-08-2008 Argentina: Legislators repeal year-old mining ban in La Rioja - Legisladores derogan ley que prohibía la minería a cielo abierto en La Rioja
11-08-2008 A double disgrace that shames all India
11-08-2008 El Salvador citizens March Against Mining Operations - Segunda Caminata Ecuménica Verde por la Vida
11-08-2008 Argentina's COIRCO denies Río Colorado Potash Project about to be approved - Niegan que el proyecto Potasio Río Colorado esté por ser aprobado
11-08-2008 It still hasn't dawned on Aurora!
28-07-2008 Right to "poison" asserted as fundamental legal principle
28-07-2008 New calls for uranium ban in New Brunswick while Newmont gets clean-up bill
28-07-2008 Bloomberg blasts Chinese overseas mining
20-07-2008 Poner fin al saqueo de los minerales en Africa
20-07-2008 End mineral resource plunders in Africa!
20-07-2008 Supply crunch: Brazil ban on asbestos to hit firms in India
14-07-2008 Bush regime's criminal acts now face exposure
01-07-2008 Philippines: Pujada proceeding despite BHP Billiton side-lining
01-07-2008 Guatemala: New Police-Military Incursion in San Juan Sacatepéquez - Nueva incursión policíaco-militar en San Juan Sacatepéquez
13-04-2008 Ecuador: Protesters target Iamgold and Ecuacorriente