by Patrick Schein 08/05/2012 a 10:57 A recent article on the Swiss village of Medel, which voted against approving a exploration license to tap a gold deposit in the Grisons mountains estimated at 25 tonnes with a market value of some 1,3 billion dollars at current prices, led me to reflect on the real end

The San Jose Project By Ed Williams In 2006, the Mexican government ceded over 143,000 acres of indigenous land to a Canadian mining company. When Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines celebrated the grand opening of its first Mexican mine in September, communities on the ground felt some familiar impacts. “We felt a ‘boom’ come from the

Editorial by Marc Choyt, Editore, aziende Fairjewelry.org minerarie hanno colluso con i governi di minare i diritti dei piccoli minatori indigeni per centinaia di anni. Typically, “the law” is used as their shield and excuse. Even in the developed world, società minerarie e lobbisti colludono con i funzionari di scrivere le leggi che supportano il loro profitto