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Gemfields talks up ‘responsibility’ amid lawsuit over alleged human rights abuses

Precious gemstones miner Gemfields is stepping up efforts to increase transparency across the entire supply chain amid fresh allegations of human rights abuses at its Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique, which has cost it a lawsuit filed last week in London’s High Court. Leigh Day, the London-based law firm representing over 100 locals, said security […]

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Urban Mining Twins Update

Source: Clive Maund for Streetwise Reports 04/23/2018 Technical analyst Clive Maund discusses two companies that have developed a process to extract minerals from E-waste. On 15th March it was decided it was best to step aside from Enviroleach Technologies Inc. (ETI:CSE) and Mineworx Technologies Ltd. (MWX:TSX.V; MWXRF:OTCQB), because it looked like the correction that was

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German researchers say mining intensifies social conflicts in Peru

A group of researchers from Berlin’s Humboldt University published a study where they say that mining activities are the leading cause of social conflicts in Peru. According to the study, which is titled “Alternatives for the development of Peru’s mining regions,” one of the reasons that explains the unrest is the fact that the country’s

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