March 17, 2021 Soaring prices spur miners’ hunt for growth, fueling indigenous and investor ire This is the second wave of pressure that investors concerned about ESG issues have laid on miners after successfully forcing mine waste standards updates in 2020.
March 12, 2021 Argonaut to drill for copper against Aboriginal wishes in South Australia Drilling for the Murdie project is set to begin on March 15, despite opposition from Indigenous groups.
March 10, 2021 Aboriginal group to rate Australian miners on performance Fortescue and Rio Tinto who are the biggest miners on Eastern Guruma land, both welcomed the initiative.
March 10, 2021 Newmont to buy GT Gold for $311 million The all-cash deal gives Newmont the Tatogga gold-copper project, located in the Tahltan Nation's territory in northwestern BC.
March 3, 2021 Co-operation between artisanal miners and companies gains momentum Artisanal mining is considered the main source of global mercury pollution.
March 3, 2021 Colombia, Peru may centralize purchase of gold to combat crime, environmental destruction Last week, Colombia launched a new military unit to target illicit mining.
March 2, 2021 Glencore’s Australia mine expansion threatens sacred sites – authority head Glencore unit McArthur River Mine received approval from the territory's mining minister last year to proceed with the expansion.
March 1, 2021 Webequie Nation, Juno ink MOU for Ring of Fire exploration Juno is the largest claim holder within the Ring of Fire, a metal rich region in northern Ontario.
March 1, 2021 Cerrejon says reached deal with indigenous community on environment, health The miner produced 12.4 million tonnes of coal in 2020, down almost 52% from 2019.
February 25, 2021 In Brazil, an indigenous woman joins Bolsonaro in fight for mining Irisnaide Silva leads one indigenous group in the state of Roraima that defends mining diamond and gold in the Amazon.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
