Criminal defamation and libel charges against Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, were dropped by Angolan authorities on May 21, 2015. Morais was being sued by several ... Read more »
The Presidency has said that the Marikana Commission of Inquiry's report on the killing of striking mineworkers during August 2012 will be released to the public. Read more »
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel company, in a column for AllAfrica, has reiterated its intention to stay in Liberia, where it is a major source of jobs and has a mining ... Read more »
Nearly 80 percent of American companies surveyed by two human rights groups failed to meet a U.S. rule requiring they monitor whether their products contain minerals from conflict ... Read more »
The Pretoria High Court has dismissed an urgent application by Khulubuse Zuma to have claims of over R1,5 billion against Aurora Empowerment Systems set aside. Read more »
The Investing in African Mining Indaba is an annual platform that brings thousands of participants from the mining sector under one roof at the Cape Town Convention Centre. Read more »
Rural communities depend on many natural resources and ecosystems-wildlife, water, forests and pasture-for their livelihoods and well-being. But in most African countries, local ... Read more »
The tech tools that led to the 'conflict minerals' provision of the 2009 Dodd-Frank Act can now be used to help attact the problems the law is designed to solve - conflict and ... Read more »
Amnesty International has accused a Belgian mining group of bulldozing hundreds of homes and benefiting from a government "cover-up." Read more »
The Farlam Commission of Inquiry has concluded its public hearings into the events at Marikana where miners and police officers were killed during violent striking action in August ... Read more »
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