Tag: mining
Finland wants to stop peat mining – continues in Sweden
Finland receives over five billion kroner from the EU to halve peat mining in the country. At the same time, the Finnish state is Sweden’s largest peat producer. Here, the…
WWF takes Norway to court over seabed mining
Updated 09.23 | Published 09.22 share-arrowShare unsaveSave The World Wide Fund for Nature has sued the Norwegian government for allowing seabed mining, which they believe is against the law. The…
indictment of four officials of the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold
In Mali, four employees of the Canadian company Barrick Gold, owner with the Malian state of one of the largest gold complexes in the world, were charged and placed in…
Vale, BHP and Samarco acquitted in Fundao mining dam failure trial
A Brazilian court acquitted mining giants Vale and BHP as well as the Samarco company on Thursday, November 14, in a judgment on the failure of a dam which left…
the CEO of the Australian mining company Resolute arrested and taken into police custody in Bamako
Brutally arrested on the evening of Friday, November 9 in a hotel in Bamako, Terence Holohan, the CEO of the Australian company Resolute which owns a gold mine in Mali,…
The main judge’s unknown connection to the mining company
“I didn’t think it would make me crazy” share-arrowShare unsaveSave 796 residents from Arica sued the mining company Boliden in a Swedish court for toxic waste that was dumped in…
trial opens against mining giant BHP
In the United Kingdom, the trial of mining giant BHP opens this Monday, October 7. The BHP group is being sued following the failure of a dam in Brazil in…
Coeur Mining to buy SilverCrest Metals for $1.7 billion
(Finance) – Coeur Miningan American precious metals mining company, e SilverCrest Metalsa Canadian company active in the same field, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Coeur will acquire…
the UN denounces mining looting in the Rubaya area controlled by the M23
Before the Security Council on Monday, September 30, Bintou Keita, the head of MONUSCO, expressed serious concerns regarding mining in areas controlled by the M23. The rebel group, supported by…
Arrest in Mali of four employees of a Canadian mining company
In Mali, four employees of Barrick Gold, a Canadian mining company, were arrested. These would be senior Malian executives from the company which, along with the State, owns the immense…