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Jakarta hopes the industry is the ticket to becoming a developed nation. But there are fears the toll on the environment – and people’s lives – will be too highStanding chest-deep in the Molucca Sea, just outside the billowing smokestacks of the world’…
Read MoreAdivasis in Banteji say they also face arrests, violence and harassment by police and company officialsFor months, they have been living in fear. The people of Banteji, a small tribal village amid the rolling green mountains deep in India’s Odisha stat…
Read MoreFire at Kostenko mine is latest in series of deadly incidents, and has prompted nationalisation of global company’s local affiliateKazakhstan was in national mourning on Sunday after 45 people died in a fire at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst accident…
Read MoreUK agency also shuts other high-profile cases including Rio Tinto investigationThe UK’s Serious Fraud Office has abandoned a criminal investigation into the Kazakh mining group ENRC, ending a decade-long corruption inquiry mired in controversy.The SFO …
Read MoreMining company operating in autonomous region of Inner Mongolia has history of safety violationsAt least five people have died and 48 are missing after an open-pit coalmine collapsed in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in north China.One of the wal…
Read MoreMove comes after ‘multi-step’ review by Canada’s national security and intelligence agenciesCanada has ordered China to immediately sell its holdings in three Canadian mining companies, as the need for investments in the extraction of critical minerals…
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Read MoreAt least one person has died and up to 100 more may have been swept into a lake in Kachin stateAt least one person is dead and dozens more are missing after a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, a member of a rescue team has said.The landslid…
Read MoreFrieda River mine proposed by Chinese-owned PanAust sparks appeal to government in Australia where company is registered More than 2,000 people in 60 villages in Papua New Guinea’s north – where the country’s largest gold, copper and silver mine is sla…
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Read MoreAsia Pacific Investment Development and its subcontractor have also allegedly failed to rehabilitate land affected by bauxite miningA mining operation in Solomon Islands owes millions in unpaid taxes and royalties, according to a former senior governme…
Read MoreThe Kiribati island survived droughts due to sacred caves that captured rainfall but rampant phosphate extraction ruined this precious resourceRead more of our Pacific Plunder series hereThe last decent rain on Banaba was more than a year ago.Without r…
Read MoreThe Pacific country’s concessionary tax system leads to ‘undertaxed’ resource sector and ‘no equity’ for people in Papua New GuineaAustralian mining companies have paid little or no corporate income tax in Papua New Guinea despite earning hundreds of m…
Read MoreA proposal to mine 60% of Wagina for bauxite was met with outrage by locals and became a landmark case in Solomon IslandsRead more of our Pacific Plunder series hereWhen a mining company arrived on Wagina nearly a decade ago with a proposal to mine 60%…
Read MoreChina received more than half of all seafood, wood, and minerals exported from the region in 2019. Experts warn this is creating ‘enormous challenges for sustainable development’Read more of our Pacific Plunder series hereOne country dominates the Paci…
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