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South Africa mining takes a violent turn

By Joan Martinez-Alier. The Xolobeni saga, which dates back at least ten years, involves the proposed open-cast mining of titanium ores from a 22km stretch of ochre-coloured sand dunes south of …

Australia, community land rights, mining, mining conflict, murder, south africa

Artvin’s stubborn people will not give up their fight against the destructive gold mine

By Cem Iskender Aydin. Residents of Artvin, a small town in the North-eastern Black Sea region in Turkey continue to resist the opening of a dangerous gold and copper mine in …

mining, Turkey

Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton

By Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer, Nina Eisenmenger and Fridolin Krausmann. Mining operations have high social and environmental impact potential, and the increasing extraction and use of metals is likely to fuel …

Extractivism, Material Flow Accounting, Metals, mining, Trade

Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton

By Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer, Nina Eisenmenger and Fridolin Krausmann. Abstract During the second half of the 20th century, mining expanded globally and must be considered one of the dominant forms of …

Extractivism, Material Flow Accounting, Metals, mining, Trade

The Xolobeni Heavy Minerals Sands Project on the Wild Coast, South Africa

Introduction The proposed mining of sand dunes on the Wild Coast of South Africa, located within the Mgungundlovu and Amadiba tribal administrative area, was due to take place in the late …

heavy metals, mining, Sand Mining, south africa, wildcoast, Xolobeni

Castilla Thermal Power Station, Chile

Introduction Copiapo, in the Atacama Region, northern Chile, has approximately 150,000 habitants and a diverse economy where the main economic activity comes from the mining industry, particularly for copper. The second …

Castilla, Chile, coal, energy, human rights, justice, mining, thermal power station

Towards environmental justice success in mining resistances

EJOLT Report 14: Towards environmental justice success in mining resistances: An empirical investigation The report can be downloaded here Abstract This report sets out to provide evidence-based support for successful environmental justice (EJ) …

EJ activism, environmental Justice success, mining, mining resitance, Social network

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South Africa mining takes a violent turn

Artvin’s stubborn people will not give up their fight against the destructive gold mine

Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton

Global patterns of metal extractivism, 1950–2010: Providing the bones for the industrial society’s skeleton

The Xolobeni Heavy Minerals Sands Project on the Wild Coast, South Africa

Castilla Thermal Power Station, Chile

Global Atlas of Environmental Justice re-launches website tracking ecological conflicts globally

Global Atlas of Environmental Justice re-launches website tracking ecological conflicts globally

New factsheets on mining and nuclear energy