The future of mining is a marriage of toxic legacies: The Anglo American-Teck merger
The merger creates a global mining powerhouse that may profess ideals of sustainable operations and rehabilitation but won’t.
Extractive industries
Artivist protest outside African Energy Week in Cape Town
Protesters performed the devastating effect that extravism is having on the environment and livelihoods.
As Sudan’s latest conflict intensifies, artisanal gold miners are caught in the crosshairs
On 17 April 2023, just before sunset in al-Ibaidiya, a Sudanese mining town on the banks of the River Nile about 400 kilometres north of […]
Affected communities protest mining companies’ damages
Women in mining-affected communities say they bear the brunt of mining activities.
Mining affected communities to picket parliament
The protest outside parliament will highlight the damage to the environment and public health that the mining industry is allowed to get away with.
Fishers urged to form alliances with mining affected communities
Small-scale fishers and coastal communities participated in the Alternative Mining Indaba where they shared their experiences of corporate greed with communities affected by mining.
Activists adamant against seismic survey of EC coast by Shell
The outcry against plans for an offshore seismic survey by Shell on the Eastern Cape coast is growing.
Small scale fishers and coastal communities against Karpowership project
Small-scale fishers and coastal communities say that their livelihoods would be harmed by the Karpowership project.
Deep-sea mining: civil society sounds the alarm on the threat posed to biodiversity
Sometimes referred to as the ‘oil of the 21st century’, metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese are used to make the batteries that power […]
Bernard Duterme: “The environmental movement must be urgently decolonised”
We may all be in the same boat, but not all of us have access to the lifeboats. This expression, borrowed from the Cameroonian economist […]
Argentina at an energy crossroads: the role of trade unions in building a just transition
Argentina is at a crossroads. The repercussions of the pandemic look set to worsen the socio-economic crisis already looming over the country and are having […]
The coronavirus pandemic has put Asia’s Indigenous communities under serious pressure
Many communities have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis, but for some, such as the Chao Lay, the global slowdown in travel and tourism […]
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