By Stephen Davies Welcome to part two of my exposé of the recent cyanide spill at the Djibo dam. Here’s Part One if you missed it. Thank you to Simon Cross and Keith Smith for their excellent blog posts about this accident. Thanks also to those of you who have been tweeting and FBing your

By Stephen Davies When I was small, my mother told me not to run whilst carrying scissors. These days I rarely feel the need to run carrying scissors, but even if I wanted to I wouldn’t. Mother knows best. Dangerous items should be transported with due care. I cannot help thinking: if only the good

Dos piezas inquietantes de información sobre el trabajo infantil y la minería. Primero, Wikileaks ha publicado un cable de diplomáticos sobre el trabajo infantil en la República Democrática del Congo. Citando de Wikileaks: “Resumen: El trabajo infantil en el sector minero en la República Democrática del Congo (República Democrática del Congo) es una significativa y, aparentemente, creciente problema (refs A, B). Other than the