Mining
While mining brings in new resources for manufacturing and provides an important source of revenue for governments around the world, there is an ongoing, widespread legacy of harm associated with the mining industry, particularly when it comes to Indigenous Peoples.
Land theft, displacement, the loss of cultural resources, the poisoning of water supplies, human rights abuse, murder and rape… these are just some of the problems associated with the mining industry.
Fortunately, Indigenous Peoples aren’t taking it lying down (even though we are expected to do just that). Rather, out of principle and our sheer need to survive we are taking governments and corporations to task.
In these archives you will learn about these struggles and challenges first hand.
No to CoAL! Venda communities stand up against mine 
The mining corporation Coal of Africa Ltd (CoAL) continues to push forward with plans to open a coking coal mine in the Venda region of South Africa. On Wednesday...
Giving Muara Tae the skills to fight off palm oil threat
Below, The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) discusses their ongoing effort to assist a struggling Dayak community in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province. Working alongside their Indonesian partner Telapak, EIA...
Hold Sherritt Accountable For Human And Environmental Impacts in Madagascar!
The Paris-based Collective for the Defence of Malagasy Lands ("Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches" or TANY) is asking the international community to send an urgent message to...
Algonquin First Nations Have Serious Concerns About Proposed Rare Earth Mine on Traditional Lands
Two Algonquin First Nations in western Quebec are raising concerns about a proposed rare earth open pit mine on their traditional lands. In a joint press statement, Wolf Lake...
Proposed mining project threatens O’odham water, sacred sites in Arizona
Two Canadian mining companies are trying to obtain permits for two unrelated mining projects that threaten O'odham water resources and sacred sites in southern Arizona. Lori Riddle, Akimel O'odham...
Troubled Waters: How mine waste is poisoning our oceans, rivers and lakes
An investigative report from Earthworks and MiningWatch Canada exposes how mining companies around the world use rivers, oceans, and lakes as private dumping grounds for toxic mine waste. The...
It’s time to stop radioactive racism
Kado Muir is the Chairperson of the West Australia Nuclear Free Alliance and spokesperson for the Ngalia people. He is also custodian for Yeelirrie, the site of a uranium...
Dark Water
The American mining corporations' dirty little secret finally comes into the light of day - and is being exposed for what it is -- sometimes illegal, socially irresponsible and,...
Stop the Pebble Mine! Tell the Mining Giants that “No Means No”
Robert Redford sounds the alarm about the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, which would endanger rare whales, the world's greatest sockeye salmon runs and the communities that...
Action Needed to Support Unique Environment and Culture of Mongolia’s Reindeer Herders
Kautokeino (Norway) / Nairobi – Mongolia’s reindeer herders and their forest homeland are facing unprecedented challenges from unregulated mining, logging, water pollution, climate change and some tourism practices, according...
Philippines: Lumad communities set up blockades to resist relocation
Indigenous Lumad communities in South Cotabato have organized a set of blockades against an Australian-owned mining company that wants to relocate them to make way for a new copper-gold...
Ontario unilaterally declares KI lands off limits to mining companies; KI leaders respond
In a surprise move this week, the province of Ontario declared that 23,000 square kilometres of traditional Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) land is now off limits to mining companies. It's...
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