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2021-11-26 India: Protests against Hindalco mining lease in Odisha’s Koraput
2021-08-21 British Columbia: Nuxalk Nation issues eviction notice to Juggernaut Exploration
2021-06-07 Former Western Australia Aboriginal Affairs minister joins Rio Tinto
2021-06-04 Canada: Rio Tinto's Casino bet
2021-05-03 Ross Beaty: Thank you now f*ck off
2021-04-17 Australia: Argonaut Resources drills Sacred Lake Torrens despite Aboriginal opposition
2021-04-07 Ontario First Nations declare moratorium on Ring of Fire development
2021-03-25 12th Alternative Mining Indaba Declaration: We refuse to be muted!
2021-03-19 Are Rio Tinto shareholders going to give more than lip service towards righting their wrongs?
2021-03-16 Assemblies kill bill in Patagonia, Argentina
2021-03-01 Canada: FSIN, Baselode Energy at odds over uranium exploration
2021-01-11 Australia’s Ranger uranium mine ceases production
2021-01-11 UK shareholder raises concerns over Resolution mine in Arizona
2021-01-08 Former security chief at Hudbay mine pleads guilty in Guatemala
2020-12-22 Protesting ‘blood phosphates’
2020-12-16 The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret
2020-12-08 A Pan-American silver play is falling apart in Chubut, Argentina
2020-11-18 Argentine Government Zooms-in on large scale mining
2020-11-09 Solomon Islands: Wagina residents win bid to stop bauxite mining plan
2020-11-02 Investors coalition puts Australia's miners on notice over Indigenous rights
2020-10-27 Sámi people delivered 37,200 signatures against mining in reindeer herding area
2020-10-21 Failure to comply with autonomous consultation protocols amid Covid-19 in Brazil
2020-10-20 30,000 signatures for the protection of water in Chubut, Argentina
2020-10-16 Securities regulators turning a blind eye to lack of Indigenous consent around Canadian mines
2020-10-11 The right to consent or reject mining projects in South Africa
2020-09-28 Legal victories in Ecuador
2020-09-22 The Week's Essay: South African High Court affirms vital community right
2020-09-21 Early Week Essay: Aboriginal spokesperson reiterates Juukan demands
2020-09-13 Rio Tinto CEO and senior executives depart from company over Juukan Gorge
2020-09-13 The Weekend Essay: Is there real life after Covid-19?
2020-09-07 The Week's Essay: Rio Tinto approaches dire Juukan moment
2020-08-26 Philippines: Mines look to re-start amid protest and killings
2020-08-24 Australian Aboriginal groups now evict Adani
2020-08-22 The Weekend Essay: Banjima forced to "trade away" its Heritage
2020-08-16 BHP to be challenged over Aboriginal heritage preservation
2020-08-15 Rio Tinto has its ethics in a real twist
2020-08-07 The options Rio Tinto didn't follow
2020-07-24 London Calling adds its voice to Aboriginal Juukan demands
2020-07-09 Rio Tinto must be declassified, say Aboriginal groups
2020-06-30 Tailings containment "battle-lines" re-open with unique ferocity
2020-06-20 Rio Tinto still derided, although it announces compromise
2020-06-13 The Weekend Essay: One of South Africa's largest mines at battle centre
2020-06-05 The Weekend Essays: A critical moment for Rio Tinto
2020-05-28 Assam's Indigenous communities facing coal mine violation
2020-05-04 "Let the sun set on Xingu mining!" demand people and judges
2020-03-07 Filipino mining activists seek protection as struggles continue
2020-02-19 The Mid-Week Essay: South African Royal Council confronted by multi-mineral project
2020-01-06 Adani pilloried for forestry destruction in Orissa
2019-12-02 Philippines: Nueva Vizcaya folk celebrate as Oceanagold suspends operations
2019-11-27 The Mid-Week Essay: Jal, Jangal aur Jameen - India's Pathalgadi Movement
2019-11-20 French Guiana's gold mountain mining venture abandoned
2019-11-17 Bougainville: "Mining Madness" before the referendum
2019-11-16 India: Fresh indigenous protests at Jindal threats in Odisha
2019-09-21 The Weekend Essay: A Geoengineering Trojan Horse
2019-09-18 Mexico to observe Indigenous consultation under ILO 169
2019-08-14 The Midweek Essay: Is Rio Tinto becoming a Robo Cop?
2019-08-12 Global protests greet Oceanagold on World Indigenous Peoples' Day
2019-07-28 OceanaGold suspends Philippines mine operations
2019-06-16 The Sunday Essay: How Australia’s coal madness led to Adani
2019-05-30 Australia: Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners fight on
2019-05-19 The Weekend Essay: Manufacturing Consent in India
2019-04-28 The Weekend Essay: South Africa's Lonmin case shows how hard it is to hold mines to account
2019-04-05 Deadly South African silence in "Bazooka" case
2019-03-28 World's biggest banks won't divulge clients infringements of rights
2019-03-24 The weekend essay: Adivasis on the March
2019-03-19 Many organisations roundly condemn police repression in Orissa
2019-03-11 Brazil: Great balls of fire!
2019-03-10 India: Leading Indigenous campaigner arrested for opposing Vedanta
2019-02-12 Bougainville: Is it sitting on a hornets nest?
2019-02-06 Australia: BHP & Rio Tinto ask for Indigenous Advisory Body
2019-02-05 Bougainville: squabbles among a den of thieves
2019-02-04 Guatemala under fire from international organisations
2019-01-25 Adani coal project criticised by United Nations
2019-01-02 Another dirty move by Adani in Australia
2018-12-15 India: Update on situation after POSCO's withdrawal from Odisha
2018-12-04 Thematic Social Forum on Mining and Extractivist Economy
2018-11-25 South Africa: will Xolobeni victory transform the way miners operate?
2018-11-09 Adani's Carmichael mine may have reached its knell of doom
2018-11-08 In Ecuador, landmark court cases challenge mining projects
2018-11-02 Bougainville: Locals want Filipino company out of their ancestral land
2018-10-28 South Africa: Communities win major court victory
2018-10-11 The last of the summer whine?
2018-09-15 The Diverging Paths of Two Young Women Foretell the Fate of a Tribe in India
2018-06-30 Brazil: Government Crackdown on Illegal Amazon Gold Mining Could Backfire
2018-06-28 Australia: Indigenous group hid more than $2m in payments from Adani mining giant
2018-04-24 Indigenous Xinka march in Guatemala to banish Canadian mine
2018-04-03 Burma: two women arrested for protesting at Letpadaung evictions
2018-03-10 Philippines: "Dirty Harry" Duterte dares dubbing UN Rapporteur a "terrorist"
2018-02-26 India's bauxite baron grabs more Orissa mines
2018-02-13 Bougainville: Moratorium re-confirmed on Panguna mine
2018-02-11 Aboriginal community struggles to stop Yeelirrie go-ahead
2018-02-07 New Evidence of Africa’s Systematic Looting, From an Increasingly Schizophrenic World Bank
2018-02-04 Is Norway all at sea when it comes to mine waste dumping?
2018-02-02 US must reverse “outrageous” dismantling of Bears Ears National Monument, says UN rights expert
2018-01-30 Small scale mining merits large scale examination
2017-12-25 Is this the end for Adani's Australian mega mine?
2017-10-25 After Posco withdrawal, Odisha government hands over land to Jindal Steel
2017-09-26 India: how the Dongria are reviving Indigenous foods
2017-09-15 Madagascar - Urgent Call for Canadian company to quit Vohitsara
2017-09-15 Bougainville - "Softening up" the people for renewed mining
2017-09-03 Vedanta Resources - It's deja vu, all over again
2017-08-26 Adani's Australia gambit, wins, fails, still shrouded in secrecy
2017-08-18 Vedanta meets its match at London AGM
2017-08-18 Perils of Mining Uranium in India's Meghalaya - Report
2017-08-02 India's search for uranium could displace 4,000 in 13 tribal villages of Madhya Pradesh
2017-07-30 London Calling asks: is Rio Tinto "bidding fair" by Aboriginal landowners?
2017-07-16 Solomon Islands: miner accused of "trickery" to gain landowner support
2017-05-04 Phosphate rock shipment from Western Sahara seized
2017-03-30 Indonesia: Indigenous farmers rally to halt cement factory in Central Java
2017-03-05 Canada: First Nation environmental review panel nixes proposed Ajax mine
2017-01-28 Ecuador: Mining by blood and fire in Shuar ancestral lands
2016-12-31 Philippines: New policies but will they be implemented?
2016-12-30 Native Americans confront Peabody Energy in Arizona
2016-12-19 Lithium: Mining mountains of water in northern Argentina
2016-11-20 Ecuador: Water protectors vow to defend their land from mining
2016-10-28 Mexico: Tecoltémic community blocks Almaden Minerals concessions
2016-10-27 More Philippine miners threatened with suspension under crackdown
2016-10-26 Hope in the midst of Finland's "extractive tsunami"
2016-09-20 USA: Legal Challenge for Resolution Copper Mine Waste Site
2016-09-03 Philippines: President notes "Mining - My way or the environmental highway"
2016-09-01 Peru: Indigenous leaders demand Minera Afrodita ousting as authorization cancelled
2016-08-25 Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on sacred land
2016-08-23 Neskantaga First Nation to Noront Resources: 'Cease and desist'
2016-08-07 Global protests greet Vedanta’s 2016 AGM
2016-08-02 Philippines: President tells miners country does not need them
2016-07-26 Coal Mining And Violations Of Adivasi Rights In India
2016-07-19 Australia: Aboriginal protestors arrested over Rio Tinto mine expansion
2016-07-11 Philippines: A new hope for mine-affected communities
2016-07-06 Impacts of uranium mining on Australia's Aborigines and the Antarctic
2016-07-02 South Africa: People's Mining Charter
2016-06-21 Peru: Calls to strengthen transparency mechanism
2016-05-22 Australian traditional owners join global protest against Glencore
2016-05-02 Australian traditional owners fight nuclear waste dump plan
2016-04-30 Brazil - Quilombolas demand land titling to defend against mining
2016-04-16 Australia: Traditional Owners take legal action on Adani’s Carmichael leases
2016-04-03 Australia: Adani's Carmichael mine clears another hurdle
2016-03-28 Aboriginal land rights battle over a $20 billion bauxite mine in Australia
2016-03-26 South African anti-mining activist assassinated in Xolobeni
2016-03-18 USA: Oak Flat designation a win for opponents of Resolution Copper
2016-03-05 India: will Nyamgiri mining now be allowed?
2016-02-22 India: Burying the Law to Make Way for a Coal Mine
2016-02-13 Australia: The race to avert disaster at the McArthur River Mine
2016-02-07 Beowulf wants dialogue with Sami but wont take no for an answer!
2016-02-06 Philippines: Murderous mining
2016-02-01 A Peaceful Decade but Pacific Islanders Warn Against Complacency
2016-01-04 Philippines: A year of mining dangerously
2015-12-28 Native American San Carlos Apache tribe takes on BHP, Rio Tinto
2015-11-30 Are we nearer to 'no' meaning no in mining?
2015-11-29 India: Indigenous Activist Loses His Battle With Vedanta And Commits Suicide
2015-11-23 Aboriginal communities up in arms against nuclear dumping on their land
2015-11-18 Is Innu's Supreme Court win really a disaster for Canadian industry?
2015-11-16 Report calls on aluminium industry to respect indigenous peoples’ rights
2015-10-31 Mining-related violence ignites protests in the Philippines
2015-10-19 Australia: Aboriginal community reject extension of Ranger mine
2015-10-13 Canadian Cree concerns as De Beers looks further North
2015-10-04 South African Coal Mine Serves No-one
2015-09-19 Philippines - Miners accused of fuelling violence in Mindanao
2015-09-13 India: Ongoing tribal struggles against mining in Orissa
2015-09-12 Unity Statement of International People’s Conference on Mining
2015-09-09 Consent & Waste - The beginning and end of Canadian mining problems
2015-09-03 Glencore may be forced to shut down Australian zinc mine
2015-08-30 USA: Lakota grandmother debuts film about uranium
2015-08-22 Indigenous group urges Canada to uphold Kiggavik decision
2015-08-18 Philippines: Glencore finalises its Tampakan departure
2015-08-16 Brazil: Vale ordered to halt production at nickel mine
2015-08-12 Australian indigenous community split over Fortescue mine claim
2015-07-30 Canadian tribal protest halts mine exploration, for now
2015-07-29 Global miners improve policies on community consent
2015-07-15 Ecuador: Community plebiscite to stop mining in Kimsacocha
2015-06-30 Philippines: Glencore quits the Tampakan Project
2015-06-25 Indigenous leaders protest at Seabridge annual shareholder meeting
2015-05-31 Australia: Traditional Owners' Declaration to Banks on Carmichael Coal
2015-05-30 USA: Selling Off Apache Holy Land
2015-05-26 Philippines: Indigenous activist 'disappears' in the company of mining guards
2015-05-20 South Africa: Fuleni communities tell Ibutho Coal to leave and never return!
2015-05-16 Nuclear folly threatens Western Australia
2015-05-09 Protestors call for end to Glencore’s mining abuses
2015-05-07 Attack On Greenpeace India Is An Attack On Free Speech
2015-04-26 Philippines: Earth Day celebrations focus on mining woes
2015-04-24 Rio Tinto 2015 AGM reports: Behind closed doors at Rio Tinto
2015-04-10 India's government about to make new attack on India's poor
2015-03-30 African mining codes: "willfully doing the wrong thing"?
2015-03-27 Australia's Adani Mine Blocked by Aboriginal Groups and Environmentalists
2015-03-24 Areva's a gonna - at least in Australia's Queensland
2015-03-23 Protestors mark the 20th anniversary of the Philippine Mining Act
2015-03-20 State and mining company collusion challenged in Peru
2015-02-28 Mining's "great and good" tout their African wares
2015-02-22 USA: Apache tribe's protest against Resolution mine reaches third week
2015-02-21 Philippines - New laws being debated against a background of lawlessness
2015-02-21 Indian coal mine should not be expanded without genuine consultation
2015-02-20 London Calling on losing one's marbles
2015-02-15 Indian government's new assault on land rights legislation
2015-01-11 Robert Friedland's Mining Showdown in South Africa
2014-12-31 India: Gram Sabhas in Chhattisgarh gear up to protest coal mines reallocation
2014-12-24 Philippines: The people of Mindanao speak out against mining
2014-12-19 Canada: Cree walkers against uranium mining end 850 km walk
2014-12-18 USA: Senate passes huge Arizona copper mine
2014-12-11 When will GCM Resources be put out of its misery?
2014-12-05 Canada: First Nations release 'clear mining policy and rules' for central BC
2014-11-24 UK urges GCM Resources to assess human rights impact of Bangladesh coal mine
2014-11-18 Philippines - Remembering the victims of extra-judicial killings and typhoon Haiyan
2014-11-16 Australia: Fury over one-day Aurukun bauxite mine bid
2014-11-12 How Violating Indigenous Peoples' Rights Increases Industry Risks
2014-11-11 Canada: James Bay Crees launch the People's Board at StandAgainstUranium.com
2014-11-10 Brazilian judge sides with tribe threatened by dams
2014-11-05 India: Changes to environment, land acquisition laws, jeopardise human rights
2014-10-17 Canada: Taseko seeks damages over Prosperity decision
2014-10-16 Mozambique's Mining Boom Damns the Poorest
2014-10-15 Goldcorp's El Morro mine halted by Chile Supreme Court
2014-10-13 London Calling on Societe Generale's disreputable Vedanta play
2014-10-08 Philippines: A Deadly Difference of World View
2014-10-01 Colombian court orders miners to hand back land to indigenous peoples
2014-09-28 Canada: The First Nations in Quebec stand united in their opposition to uranium mining
2014-09-27 Australia: Areva suing over Kakadu
2014-09-24 Canadian court rules aboriginal lawsuit against Rio Tinto can go ahead
2014-09-21 Indigenous Peoples and the Extractive Sector: Towards a Respecting Engagement
2014-09-19 Guatemala: Ixil communities express opposition to US-led extraction in their territory
2014-09-17 Botswana government lies exposed as diamond mine opens on Bushman land
2014-09-14 Canada: Tsilhqot’in set to declare site of New Prosperity mine a tribal park
2014-09-10 Philippines: New moves to ban unprocessed ore
2014-08-20 London Calling on Vedanta's Lanjigarh subterfuge
2014-08-19 Canada: Permanent Uranium Moratorium Confirmed Over Eeyou Istchee Territory
2014-08-04 Activists protest at Vedanta's 2014 AGM over alleged illegalities
2014-08-04 Canada - Tsilhqot'in Nation announces release of draft Mining Policy
2014-07-29 Guatemala: Mayan indigenous peoples win victory
2014-07-28 Philippines: State of the nation's mining questioned
2014-07-11 Indian forest villagers rise up to halt UK firm's bid to clear land for mining
2014-06-28 Human Rights Groups Urge OECD to Act Against Corporate Abuses in Ecuador
2014-06-27 Burma: new big mine proposal set to provoke massive local opposition
2014-06-27 Canadian First Nation wins aboriginal title claim in Supreme Court ruling
2014-06-13 Indonesia: Make mining history!
2014-05-29 Philippines: Global action around Glencore's Tampakan Mine
2014-05-18 Study emphasises mining companies need to engage with communities
2014-05-11 HudBay Minerals Declared Corporate Criminals in People's Trial
2014-05-06 Philippines: Earth Day protests focus on mining
2014-05-06 Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Workshop Declaration on Extractives
2014-04-30 Guatemala's growing mining sector brings violence against indigenous communities
2014-04-26 India: Red carpet rolled out for Corporates on Adivasi land
2014-03-19 Australian court says mining leases do not end native title
2014-03-19 Filipinos curse their 'Mining Hell'
2014-03-02 Peru: Mining Protests Grow as Conga is once again a flash point
2014-01-24 Peru: Protests mobilise again at Newmont's Conga mine
2014-01-23 Philippines: B'laan leaders lobby against FPIC process at Tampakan
2014-01-18 Reindeer herds in danger as Australia's mining boom comes to Sweden
2014-01-13 Final nail plunged into Vedanta's Nyamgiri coffin
2013-12-28 Peru struggles to improve its reputation over extractive projects
2013-12-18 Tens of Thousands Oppose Tahoe Resource's Escobal Project in Guatemala
2013-12-11 Philippines - Human Rights Day remembers environmental martyrs
2013-11-24 BHP Billiton: Second AGM but apparently no second thoughts
2013-11-13 Opposition to Pacific seabed mining continues
2013-10-25 An unchanging climate at BHP Billiton
2013-10-15 Vedanta's future plan may trip on past hurdle
2013-10-09 Australian Aboriginal elder loses case to block BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam expansion
2013-10-03 India: Another Vedanta land acquisition plan foiled
2013-10-03 Philippines: Realities of mining in Nueva Vizcaya laid bare
2013-10-02 India: Urgent call to halt Odisha mega-steel project amid serious human rights concerns
2013-09-21 Canadian Supreme Court rejects Yukon government's appeal over mining law
2013-09-13 African Mining Vision criticised as detrimental to Africa
2013-09-10 Ghana: Residents of Prestea & Himan attacked by Golden Star security, police, and military
2013-09-01 Sweden's indigenous Sami in fight against miners
2013-09-01 Australia: Indigenous group 'joyous' over Native Title claim win
2013-08-30 Philippines - Mining rights violations on the increase again
2013-08-21 Fortune Minerals 'served eviction notice' by Tahltan Elders
2013-08-21 Final tribal meeting rejects Vedanta's mining proposal in Niyamgiri
2013-08-14 Philippines: Glencore Xstrata further delayed over Tampakan
2013-08-14 A decade after Jabiluka success Kakadu still faces radioactive risk
2013-08-14 Mexico: Denver-based mining company retreats from Oaxaca
2013-08-07 Vedanta struggles through AGM as Dongria Kondh say no
2013-07-30 Jolt for Vedanta as mining in Niyamgiri Hills voted out
2013-07-24 India: Vedanta suffers two setbacks in Nyamgiri meetings
2013-07-23 Philippines Closure notice served on OceanaGold
2013-07-17 Brazilian Indigenous groups block iron ore miner Vale's Carajas railway
2013-07-09 Canada: Court order allows mining company to continue working at Red Sucker Lake
2013-07-09 Philippines: Once more to the barricades
2013-07-06 Mexico: Injunction filed to halt illegal exploration drilling in Wirikuta
2013-07-05 Saami Communities attend Beowulf's AGM in London
2013-07-02 The Price of Steel at POSCO's Indian project
2013-07-02 Canada: Legal challenge to uranium 'collaboration agreement'
2013-07-01 India: Mining project divides Jharkhand village along caste lines
2013-06-21 Philippines: Human rights project at Tampakan questions the project's future
2013-06-19 Peru protesters push to stop $5bn Newmont mine
2013-06-13 Rallying cry: Dongria stand firm against Vedanta mine
2013-06-13 Peru: mining threats to the peoples' water
2013-06-11 Outrage at signing of First Nation and Cameco-Areva collaboration agreement
2013-06-03 Malaysian forest peoples protest destructive dams at industry conference
2013-06-03 Philippines: New threats for anti-mining advocates
2013-06-03 Indonesia's government to revoke concessions in customary forests
2013-06-03 Colombia: Wayuu women weigh in on coal at UN Forum
2013-05-28 Newmont under fire in Aotearoa/New Zealand
2013-05-07 Report asking for Free Prior Informed Consent to become a reality launched in London
2013-05-07 Is Nyamgiri ruling a "revolutionary" moment for India's poor?
2013-05-07 State of Siege: Mining Conflict Escalates in Guatemala
2013-05-07 Peru rolling back indigenous law in win for mining sector
2013-04-28 Canada: Indigenous rights are the best defence against Canada's resource rush
2013-04-22 India: Nyamgiri ruling "a great victory for indigenous rights"
2013-04-22 Pope Francis's new chalice: A "redemption" for Pan American Silver?
2013-04-09 Indians take action at POSCO's general meeting
2013-03-25 Guatemala: Call for investigation and company departure in response to recurring violence
2013-03-19 Burma: Suu Kyi tells communities to halt copper mining protests
2013-03-19 United front forms against Quebec uranium mining
2013-03-11 India: POSCO land acquisition halted by naked protest threat
2013-03-11 Mozambican tribal queen stands up to Rio Tinto over land
2013-03-05 Philippines: Payments to the military unveiled by Tampakan enquiry
2013-02-19 Australian Aboriginal group wins court battle against Fortescue
2013-02-19 Canadian native protesters block road to De Beers mine
2013-02-11 Australia: Koongarra finally protected from uranium mining
2013-02-11 India: An Oppressive State violates its own rules for POSCO
2013-02-04 Canada: Old way of doing business is dead
2013-02-04 Australia: ERA updates its agreement with traditional owners
2013-02-04 Philippines: Another killing at Xstrata's Tamapakan mine
2013-02-04 Peru: Calls for application of prior consultation law at Candente
2013-01-28 India: Environment, Tribal Ministries to stand by forest rights
2013-01-28 Peru: Violence at Candente Copper's mine
2013-01-21 Philippines: New year starts with a victory amid the violence
2013-01-21 Perú - Cañaris: The first mining conflict of the year?
2013-01-14 India Tribal affairs minister against diluting Forest Peoples' Rights
2013-01-14 Canada: Yukon court decision could force BC to overhaul its antiquated mining laws
2013-01-14 Canadian Indigenous Movement Transcends national borders
2013-01-07 Australian mining interests sabotaged aboriginal land rights
2013-01-07 Peru: Exploration investment to keep falling due to social conflicts, expert says
2012-12-27 Is Vedanta poised on the brink of failure?
2012-12-27 Where now for Indigenous Peoples and the extractive industries?
2012-12-11 India-UK demonstrators call for closure of Vedanta refinery
2012-12-04 Philippines: Seeking the truth about killings of indigenous activists
2012-12-04 Canadian mine project refused Environmental Assessment Certificate
2012-12-04 To mine or not to mine - the burning question for Chubut, Argentina
2012-11-25 Shaping modern mining: what's at stake?
2012-11-25 Australia: Fortescue accused of rigging land rights deal
2012-11-19 Philippines: Visiting Canadian MP told to regulate mining companies
2012-11-05 Philippines: Gold, Copper and Death
2012-11-05 Indian tribal people are "up in arms" over Keonjhar mining plans
2012-10-23 Mongolian herders complain against Rio Tinto over Oyu Tolgoi mines
2012-10-08 Peru top court puts tribal sovereignty ahead of mining, logging
2012-10-08 Philippines Mining: Damning Conclusions
2012-10-08 Protest by Brazil's Indians halts Vale's Carajás railway
2012-10-02 Oxfam USA finds mining companies are improving on social commitments
2012-09-24 Anil Agarwal elected India's "Business Leader of the Year"
2012-09-24 Guatemala: Community statement on recent violence at San Rafael Las Flores
2012-09-18 Indian activist calls Vedanta's bauxite bluff
2012-09-04 Vedanta Resources holds its 2012 AGM
2012-09-04 Australia: Congress Brings First Peoples, Industry and Government Come Together for Talks
2012-09-04 A small, small step in the right direction for Peru's mining industry
2012-08-28 Guatemala: Repeated attempts to criminalise human rights defenders
2012-08-28 Canada: Marketing Consent
2012-08-28 Philippines: Indigenous advocate resigns over mining legislation
2012-08-21 Belo Monte Dam Suspended by Brazilian Appeals Court
2012-08-13 Philippines: A flood of mining problems
2012-08-13 Bougainville Landowners irate over Rio Tinto's possible return
2012-08-13 Canadian Cree Nation declares Permanent Uranium Moratorium
2012-08-06 Brazil: Judge halts rail project close to threatened tribe
2012-08-01 Philippines: Mining murders continue, no justice in sight
2012-08-01 Guatemala Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge against Mining Law
2012-08-01 Inuit campaign for referendum over mine in far north
2012-07-24 A Lizard seeks revenge on BHP Billiton
2012-07-24 Canadian Cree renew opposition to Matoush uranium project
2012-07-17 Statements from Expert Mechanism on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
2012-06-26 India: Against all odds, the POSCO struggle continues
2012-06-26 Canada: Barriere Lake First Nation protests at annual meeting of mining company
2012-06-26 Indigenous Peoples challenge Rio+20
2012-06-19 Mining, regulatory failure and human rights in India
2012-06-19 Another blow for Xstrata's Tampakan project ...
2012-06-12 Cree First Nation Says "No" to Uranium Power
2012-06-12 Victory! The struggle to protect Koongarra uranium is finally won
2012-06-12 South Africa's Wild Coast community renews mining fight
2012-05-29 The mining onslaught on Canada's native communities
2012-05-29 Philippines: Getting away with murder
2012-05-29 African civil society condemns forthcoming Summit's false agenda
2012-05-29 Indian Minister scraps lecture rather than "face accusers"
2012-05-22 Indigenous Peoples speak out at UN Permanent Forum
2012-05-22 Arctic Caucus statement on human rights and extractive industries
2012-05-22 Ontario Could Get Burned by Flawed Ring of Fire Process
2012-05-08 Canada's Taseko Mines slammed for attack on Aboriginal rights
2012-05-08 Chilean Supreme Court Red Lights Goldcorp Mine
2012-05-08 Philippines: Miners and military create refugees
2012-05-01 Aboriginal elder loses bid to overturn expansion of BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam
2012-05-01 Statement of the M4 Movement in Mesoamerica
2012-05-01 Newmont Mining accused of multiple failures by shareholders
2012-04-24 Peru's Highest Court Sides With Central Government In Conga Case
2012-04-24 Filipino priest rewarded for his work on mining
2012-04-24 Indian minister halts fresh Vedanta bid to mine Niyamgiri
2012-04-18 Guatemala: Local Population Blocks Entrance to Gold & Silver Mine
2012-04-11 Philippines: Mining abuses continue with no promised changes in the law
2012-04-11 Death of Red Earth Foretold - far worse than Nyamgiri?
2012-04-02 India's Green Tribunal suspends environmental clearance to Posco
2012-03-27 'Philippine Mining Act cannot be saved by executive order'
2012-03-27 Andean statement: To defend water is to defend life
2012-03-20 UN human rights body criticises Canada over resource extraction
2012-03-14 Philippines: Anniversary knocked while President delays reforms
2012-03-14 Canada's support for controversial mining projects goes a step further
2012-03-06 Bangladesh open-pit coal mine threatens fundamental rights, warn UN experts
2012-03-06 Vedanta betrays the people - yet again!
2012-03-06 Canada: The Tsilqhot'in take on Taseko for a second time
2012-02-28 Philippines: Indigenous peoples point the way on mining
2012-02-28 Statement of the indigenous peoples of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region
2012-02-20 First Nations have many problems with the government of Ontario
2012-02-14 Struggles over mining law revision in the Philippines
2012-02-14 Thousands march for the right to water in Peru
2012-01-31 Philippines: 'Defending the Dignity of Life, Securing our Future'
2012-01-23 Australian gold mines' tarnished glitter
2012-01-16 Two strikes and you're out? Beowulf again violates Swedish Minerals Act
2012-01-10 Philippines: Another natural disaster reignites the mining debate
2012-01-10 Australia State "Back Flips" on FMG Conditions
2011-12-27 PNG Supreme Court allows Ramu Nickel's toxic waste dumping at sea
2011-12-27 Bangladeshi activists demonstrate in London against GCM Resources
2011-12-20 Philippines: 2011 - a hard year for mining
2011-12-20 Sweden: British Beowulf caught drilling illegally
2011-12-12 Authors, Artists, Intellectuals defend Mexico's Huichol people
2011-12-12 Tsilhqot'in welcome injunction against Taseko Mines
2011-12-05 Philippines: Intex Resources Found in Breach of International Guidelines
2011-11-30 Sweden: Saami Communities take on foreign miners
2011-11-30 Australia's Yindjibarndi People continue battling Fortescue's Pilbara expansion
2011-11-30 Philippines: Potential new policies, but same old stories
2011-11-14 Canadian First Nations dig in against Prosperity & Coal
2011-11-08 Wixáritari Indians Fight Mining in Sacred Desert Site, Mexico
2011-11-08 India: Is POSCO's road to destruction about to be built?
2011-10-31 Aboriginal group predicts "monumental disaster" as miner "poised to destroy sanctuary"
2011-10-31 Canada: the Taseko controversy won't go away
2011-10-31 UN Expert on Indigenous Peoples Rights will focus on Extractive Industries
2011-10-25 Alaska voters say no to gold, copper mine
2011-10-25 PNG's government promises to reverse draconian Environment Act amendment
2011-10-25 Protesters, Colombian leader, target BHP Billiton's AGM
2011-10-25 More militarisation and murders in the Philippines
2011-10-18 Canadian First Nations condemn Rio Tinto-Alcan
2011-10-18 Communities file legal action against Los Pumas manganese project, Chile
2011-10-10 Large-scale mining operations in the Philippines attacked
2011-10-05 Sweden: Saami communities protest against mining on their lands
2011-10-05 Philippines: Details of the Tampakan project challenged
2011-10-05 Ecuador: To consult (or not consult) the people
2011-09-26 Indigenous peoples suffer abuses in race for natural resources - UN rights expert
2011-09-19 Canadian chief urges responsible mining partnerships
2011-09-19 Protests at Philippine mining conference
2011-09-06 Philippines:"Mining for the people" is still some way off
2011-08-30 Peru's Congress passes Indigenous Peoples' mining consultation law
2011-08-23 Posco: Indian Green ministry ignored own objections
2011-08-23 HudBay gets out of Guatemala - but won't escape
2011-08-23 Philippines Indigenous Peoples celebrate ... but still some way to go
2011-08-01 Vedanta thrashed, as board clashes with shareholders
2011-08-01 Ramu deep sea waste dumping can proceed, says PNG judge
2011-08-01 Indigenous Communities in Salinas Grandes mobilize against lithium mining, Argentina
2011-08-01 Canadian First Nation celebrates mining company's retreat
2011-08-01 General ignorance: more threats to Philippine indigenous peoples
2011-07-25 Vedanta set for rough ride as shareholders hover
2011-07-25 Aboriginal community won't "give away control of our country for a song"
2011-07-18 The consulta movement continues... in Northern Ontario!
2011-07-18 Peoples' struggles against POSCO broaden in India - and beyond
2011-07-11 Law and disorder: Justice for Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines?
2011-07-04 Uruguay: Zamin Ferrous project to be submitted to referendum
2011-07-04 Peru's president-elect vows consultation in bid to end mining conflicts
2011-07-04 World Heritage sites threatened by mining, says IUCN
2011-06-28 India: POSCO protests successful - for now
2011-06-28 Tampakan project driven on, while brakes applied elsewhere in Philippines
2011-06-20 South African community wins decision against mining
2011-06-20 Guatemala: why doesn't the government close Marlin down?
2011-06-20 Resisting India's Great Iron Ore Heist
2011-06-13 The IPs strike back: the struggle of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines
2011-06-13 Canadian First Nations reject revised mine proposal
2011-06-13 Peru Mining Stocks Plunge as Humala Claims Election Victory
2011-06-13 India: Police poise to forcibly evict villagers for POSCO's project
2011-06-07 Don't put your hope in uranium
2011-06-07 Indigenous Peoples are crying: 'C' means Consent!
2011-05-30 India's National Advisory Council wants radical advances on implementing community rights
2011-05-30 Consultation will be on my terms - not yours!
2011-05-24 Canadian company TVI submits to Philippine tribal justice
2011-05-17 Brazil Breaks Relations With Human Rights Commission
2011-05-17 Canadian Indigenous Peoples oppose mining expansion
2011-05-10 Outrage at Indian go-ahead for POSCO "loot"
2011-05-10 The aftermath of another mining disaster in the Philippines
2011-05-02 Canada: First Nation seeks urgent injunction to stop Zenyatta drilling
2011-05-02 Largest US gold producer may return to Cerro Quilish
2011-04-27 Vale intends taking share in Belo Monte dam, Brazil
2011-04-27 HudBay loses out to Mayan community in Guatemala
2011-04-18 Philippine campaigners are not on Minister's page
2011-04-18 Rio Tinto sidesteps questions on Jabiluka uranium
2011-04-12 India's Supreme Court agrees to hear Orissa plea for Nyamgiri mine
2011-04-04 Victims of gang-rape in Guatemala sue Canadian mining company
2011-04-04 Indigenous Filipinos re-affirm call to repeal Mining Act
2011-04-04 Should Rio's Bougainville mine be re-opened?
2011-03-22 Peoples of the North pledge Declaration on Responsible Resource Development
2011-03-14 Activists promote more alternative mining legislation in the Philippines
2011-03-14 Relocated Chiadzwa villagers: a tale of false promises - Zimbabwe
2011-03-01 Canadian PM stands "firm" against revised Taseko mine plan
2011-03-01 Philippine indigenous peoples consent recognised over mining claims
2011-03-01 Calls for Panama to Ensure the Safety of Mining Protesters
2011-02-21 Statement from the AlterNATIVE Mining Indaba 2011
2011-02-14 Controversial mining law green-lighted, Panama
2011-01-25 Australia's Kokatha People win a land rights victory
2011-01-17 Is another Bagua massacre just around the corner?
2011-01-17 Philippine tribe submits complaint on IFC-funded mine
2010-12-27 "We're not here for De Beers" - Indigenous Peoples
2010-12-21 Australia - Sands of time: rock art versus Rocla
2010-12-13 Ottawa quietly opens protected Arctic wilderness to proposed mining
2010-12-13 Indigenous groups reject "consultation" by Government and Minera Afrodita in northern Peru
2010-12-06 Indigenous Peoples in Latin America Unite Against Mining
2010-12-06 Canada: Matoush Uranium Project Should be Rejected
2010-11-29 First Nations roadblock temporarily halts work at British Columbia mine
2010-11-22 Protests at BHP's Australian annual general meeting
2010-11-08 Canadian Fish Lake Spared
2010-11-08 Philippine activists pressure human rights body over Oceana Gold mine
2010-11-01 Philippine tribe blocks delivery of mine equipment
2010-10-25 President Aquino called to action on mining
2010-10-18 Mexico's Wirikuta People Declare a Defense of their Territory
2010-10-10 Canada's Tsilhqot'in First Nation affirms mine "will never be accepted"
2010-10-10 Australian state government bans uranium mine
2010-09-27 Justice to all human rights victims and anti-mining martyrs!
2010-09-20 The Nyamgiri struggle may be over
2010-09-20 Tampakan mine criticised in Philippines
2010-09-14 Canada: Tsilhqot'in Nation ready to defend its territory
2010-08-30 A famous battle is won - now to end the war!
2010-08-22 Indian government committee condemns Vedanta's proposed Nyamgiri mine
2010-08-16 Australian Aboriginal communities want a stop to new uranium mining
2010-08-16 More pressure is applied to Goldcorp in Guatemala
2010-08-08 Philippines: Endorsement to MacroAsia Deferred
2010-08-02 Is this the "world's most hated company"?
2010-07-24 Mega-miner to meet its match?
2010-07-24 Ramu fails to lift interim injunction on tailings disposal
2010-07-24 India's highest court roundly condemns government policy towards tribal and marginal citizens
2010-07-17 Formal Human Rights Complaint re HudBay in Guatemala
2010-07-09 Peru's President Garcia Criticized for Refusing to Sign Indigenous Rights Legislation into Law
2010-07-09 Marchers against mining's "environmental vandalism" face arrest in PNG
2010-07-09 Shoshone Battle to Stop Gold Mine on Mount Tenabo Continues
2010-07-09 Declaration on corporate crimes in Jharkhand, India
2010-07-04 South Cotabato governor signs ban on open-pit mining, Philippines
2010-07-04 Mining remains uphill for Vedanta
2010-06-26 Guatemala: Goldcorp's Marlin mine is suspended
2010-06-19 Canadian First Nations take on three new mining proposals
2010-06-19 Philippine province bans open-pit mining
2010-06-19 Unprecedented lead poisoning strikes Nigerian villages
2010-06-11 Declaration of the Indigenous Communities of the Central Plateau of Chubut, Argentina
2010-06-11 Indigenous Peoples Unite Against Mining in Palawan, Philippines
2010-06-11 First Nations' Rights Need More Protection from Mining Activities
2010-06-04 Camp to protect Eagle Rock from Kennecott is destroyed
2010-06-04 New Peruvian law on FPIC passed
2010-06-04 Papua New Guinea removes land owner rights
2010-06-04 Australian aboriginal landowner secures land from uranium mining
2010-05-29 International rights body calls for suspension of Goldcorp mine
2010-05-23 Goldcorp fights off calls for indigenous consent
2010-05-20 Forces gather to protect Eagle Rock from Kennecott
2010-05-07 San Carlos Apache call for removal of Resolution Copper
2010-05-01 Protests mark Earth Day commemoration in Mindanao
2010-04-24 Squeaky - but far from clean
2010-03-18 Legal case proceeds against OceanaGold in the Philippines
2008-10-21 KI Statement on Ontario Mining Act Reform
2005-08-18 Rio Negro High Court Orders Protection for the Rights of Indigenous Communities Facing Mining
2005-06-23 Ingeniero Jacobacci reaffirms their NO to gold mining with cyanide

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