Glencore to pay $180m over DRC corruption claims | Corruption News
The commodities company reached an agreement over bribery allegations spanning from 2007 to 2018. Commodities giant Glencore has agreed to
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Tanzanians sue Canada’s Barrick Gold over alleged abuses at mine | Mining News
Tanzanian villagers accuse Canadian mining giant of being complicit in killings and torture at the North Mara gold mine. A
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Black Butterflies: The cost of going green | Mining
From: First Nations Frontline Sweden’s Indigenous Sami people fear the iron mines needed for ‘green energy’ threaten their traditional way
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Bolivian activists push back against mining industry | Indigenous Rights News
Rurrenabaque, Bolivia – Activist Ruth Alipaz has watched with alarm as the mining industry tightened its hold on protected lands
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Ghana president fires junior finance minister over mining expose | Mining News
A recent expose alleged that the minister had taken bribes from artisanal mine investors in the West African country. Ghana’s
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Photos: DR Congo’s faltering fight against illegal cobalt mines | Mining News
At the bottom of a crater in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 5,000 diggers pack tightly together, swinging hammers
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South African police find 21 bodies at Krugersdorp mine | Mining News
South African police are investigating the discovery of at least 21 bodies of suspected illegal miners, found near an active
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US targets Nicaragua’s gold sector in latest push against Ortega | Business and Economy News
New sanctions come in response to ‘attacks on democratic actors and members of civil society’ in Nicaragua, US says. US
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France’s Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting ISIL | Business and Economy News
The cement maker has pleaded guilty to making payments to groups designated as ‘terrorists’ by the US. French cement maker
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Nearly 50 people trapped after Turkey mine blast: Governor | Mining News
Dozens are trapped hundreds of metres below ground after an unexplained blast tore through a mine in northern Turkey. Nearly
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