ARGENTINA: ¡CATAMARCA RESISTE!
In the Northern Argentinian province of Catamarca, environmental activists and local people have been blockading mining inputs since February 2012
BOLIVIA: VIOLENT CLASHES PIT MINER AGAINST MINER
At Colquiri tin mine, unionised miners are again in violent conflict with independent co-operative producers over rights to the most lucrative seams
COLOMBIA: THE CITY OF LONDON’S ROLE IN THE BLOODY CIVIL WAR
UK companies and banks are some of the leading investors in Colombia, much of the money going to extractive projects and the means of securing them.
BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE MINERS’ CONFLICTS
The mobilisations of the Huanuni miners and others have helped form government policy
PERU: MONTERRICO BUYS JUSTICE CHEAPLY
UK mining company Monterrico settles out of court at a very low price
ARTISANAL MINING IN PERU: BLESSING OR CURSE?
Small-scale mining is often portrayed as the worst exploiter, both of workers and the environment. The truth is more complex.
CENTRAL AMERICA: CANADIAN MINING COMPANIES RAMPANT
An interactive map of major mine projects by Environmental Campaign for Central America (ENCA)
COLOMBIA: COMMUNITIES MUST DECIDE
Key to avoiding conflict around mining is genuine and informed consultation with local communities
MINING IS ONLY ONE OF THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
Not only minerals and oil, but monocultures such as soya and prawn farming are extractive industries. We need a new response to the wider problem.
Mining in Latin America: deepening contradictions
Governments of right and left are welcoming large scale mining, but the social and environmental costs are mounting and communities are less inclined to suffer them