An additional 8 illegal miners have been found dead in Benoni east of Johannesburg this afternoon, bringing to 14 the number of Zama Zamas killed in … Go to resource »
Kirsten Hund, senior mining specialist at the World Bank, discusses the potential for the development of Ethiopia's mining industry for sustainable … Go to resource »
The Presidency has announced that government is ready to compensate families of the Marikana victims. Thirty-four striking miners were shot dead by … Go to resource »
Families living near coal and uranium mining operations face serious problems with water, food, and housing, and are left in the dark about health and … Go to resource »
While the deaths at Marikana were the main focus of the Farlam Commission, it also considered the context in which the events of August 2012 occurred, … Go to resource »
A letter from Lonmin to Amnesty International pledging to provide housing to 13,500 employees in need of accomodation. Go to resource »
British platinum mining giant Lonmin Plc is still failing to deliver adequate housing for its workforce in Marikana, in spite of the resounding … Go to resource »
The question remains, what happened to the U.S.$15 billion diamond money that former president Robert Mugabe claimed was not accounted for? Perhaps, … Go to resource »
This film documents the hazardous conditions in which artisanal miners, including thousands of children, mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the … Go to resource »
Amnesty International has examined three specific points in the global diamond supply chain, starting with diamonds in the Central African Republic … Go to resource »
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