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Communities demand greater voice, access to justice in extractive sector

Ruangwa district land officer, Mr Peter Nada, said the government was working to ensure investments complied with existing laws, but acknowledged that land disputes remained a chal...

Philippines fast-tracks critical minerals, raising Indigenous, environmental concerns

The Philippines is moving to accelerate critical-mineral development across millions of hectares of land, raising concerns that expanded mining and faster permitting could put pres...

Nicaragua’s gold boom is now encroaching on protected areas and Indigenous land

In Nicaragua, the mining sector has steadily grown over the last two decades, with gold becoming a top export and a pillar of the national economy. For most of that time, the growt...

Lamola calls for value-added critical minerals industry to drive Africa's industrialisation

Africa must seize the global critical minerals opportunity to accelerate industrialisation, create jobs and deepen regional economic integration rather than continue exporting raw...

Brazil’s mining agency under fire over corruption and omission probes

Criminal groups use small-scale mining permits as a front for gold laundering while federal oversight fails.

Activists express concerns over ‘exploitation’ of bauxite deposits in Odisha

Current production of the critical mineral, which is far beyond the nation’s requirements, destroys ecologically sensitive Eastern Ghats, they allege

As Gold Prices Soar, Communities Pay the Price in Poisoned Rivers, Vanishing Forests and Organized Crime

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, July 17 (IPS) - The sweltering heat inside a London conference hall did not deter Indigenous leader Jackeline Mendoza Díaz from condemning the sheer destr...

Mining licenses are being issued out in volumes, but what’s the return to the country

THE Minerals Regulation Commission’s announcement that it has considered 823 mining-right applications in two weeks is, on the face of it, encouraging. A backlog of 1,672 applicati...

Mining sector has attracted $12bn in investment in 5 years – PS

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Council notes concerns about Industrial Development Strategy's impact on mining

As mining remains the “backbone of South Africa’s economy”, due care must be exercised when implementing legislative interventions to minimise damage to investor sentiment and avoi...

Gold mining company prepares to dig up highway and orchards

Extraction and Exploitation: How Mining Companies Can Lead on Safety and Community Protection in 2026

Research has linked large resource extraction projects, particularly industrial and boomtown environments, to increased risks of sexual exploitation and sex trafficking in nearby c...

“Resource Curse” revisited – The political economy of nationalised oil and minerals in Africa

John Quinn‘s Majority State Ownership of Oil and Mining Sectors in Africa examines how nationalising natural resources shaped the economic and political trajectories of post-indepe...

Africa Rewrites the Rules for Global Mining Capital

Across Africa’s mineral belts from Zambia’s bustling copper heartlands to Ghana’s gold fields the legacy bargain between host states and foreign mining conglomerates is unraveling....

‘Devastating’ rush for critical minerals has little to do with green energy: Report

A new report published by U.S.-based think tank the Oakland Institute warns that the rush for critical minerals comes with massive implications for the world, especially African co...

There is more to accelerated mining than merely weaker regulation, report finds

Donor network and platform Trust, Accountability and Inclusion Collaborative (TAI) has published a report that challenges the assumption that deregulation will accelerate critical...

Namibia: Parliament Committee Calls for Urgent Overhaul of Small Scale Mining Sector

[Namibian] Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources Tobie Aupindi says Namibia's small-scale mining sector requires urgent legislative and instituti...

SADC can be a testing ground for turning African minerals into development – UN ECA

Demand for critical energy transition minerals, including cobalt, copper, graphite, lithium, manganese, nickel, platinum group metals (PGMs) and rare earth elements, could more tha...

ZEITI lifts lid on mining revenues

  By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE Zambia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (ZEITI) has expanded public access to mining revenue information, including taxes, mineral royalties a...

Mozambique: Natural-Resource Extraction in Mozambique - Citizens Are Deeply Dissatisfied With Community Participation

[Afrobarometer] Most say little information is available about how proceeds are used.

We’ll do away with IMF if we reduce reliance on mining – EAZ

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The global gold rush consuming the Amazon (commentary)

In November 2025, Brazilian authorities, supported by Interpol, disabled 277 dredges used for illegal gold mining along the Madeira River. The machinery was valued at about $6.8 mi...

‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining

The Guardian goes on the ground with Brazilian forces fighting to eradicate mining that has destroyed protected areas of Indigenous landThe jerry-built bordello at the foot of Vila...

How to Build Global Mineral Governance for Future Generations

Neither Yanacocha nor Kiruna is a critical-minerals operation. In Cajamarca, Peru, Yanacocha, South America's largest gold mine is being extended toward copper through a proposed...