Mining

The vast expansion of British mega-mining in Latin America is displacing communities, destroying ecosystems, costing lives and polluting our planet. The Rivers are Bleeding:...

UK mining company Monterrico settles out of court at a very low price

A prominent member of the Guatemalan left believes that his country is the victim of a neo-colonial offensive.

If humanity is to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, it is essential that we decarbonize our economies. This will depend upon the widespread rollout of technologies which are enormously metal- and mineral-intensive. But mining is not without its social and environmental impacts, nor is it free of responsibility for the climate emergency.

In the remote Mayan Qeqchi [kek-chi] community of Lote 8, high in the mountains on the north side of Lake Izabal, eastern Guatemala, we stand in thick brush, in the empty space where the home of Amelia Cac Tiul used to be.

Latin America is on the way to becoming the world's main provider of energy resources and minerals. But this apparent boom, argues Raúl Zibechi, is a disaster, increasing the region's dependence on exports of natural resources.

This edited extract from a Christian Aid report, dated 11 June 2019, was prepared by LAB When a dam at Vale SA’s iron ore mine...

The latest report by APIB and Amazon Watch, is the fourth in their Complicity in Destruction series covering the perpetual destructive mining practices in the Amazon and the impacts these have had on the lives of the indigenous populations of the forest. 

As China buys agricultural and forest land, mines and smelters, its massive demands threaten the future of the Amazon Basin.

Women from Guatemala, Venezuela and Peru speak out about the affects of mining on their communities.