NewsRack: 'Resource Conflicts' news in 'Environmental Justice Issues' topic for user irge304

Deaths in DR Congo mine collapse	17.5.2013	BBC: World
At least 20 people are killed when a mine collapses in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government says.
More than 20 people killed in Congo mining collapse, government says	17.5.2013	Star Tribune: World

More than 20 killed in Congo mine collapse	17.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
The government of Congo says more than 20 people have died in a collapse at a bush mine in the region of Masisi in North Kivu province. That's in the far eastern part of the country.
Peru Deputy Minister Resigns as Humala Rolls Back Indigenous Law	5.5.2013	International Herald Tribune: Americas
Peru Deputy Minister Resigns as Humala Rolls Back Indigenous Law
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ENRC founders made good in Kazakhstan	3.5.2013	Financial Times: Energy
All three are part of the country’s establishment and are seen as close to the country’s authoritarian president Nursultan Nazarbayev
Peru Prioritizes Averting Resource Conflicts, Clashes	25.4.2013	International Herald Tribune: Americas
Peru Prioritizes Averting Resource Conflicts, Clashes
Influx of Chinese goldminers sparks tensions in Ghana	23.4.2013	Guardian: Environment
Illegal small-scale mines are an opportunity for poor Chinese immigrants – but are blamed for environmental destruction Huang Ren Zhong's striped parasol stands out against the muddy cliff of excavated earth. The horizon is fringed with the tall trees of the Ghanaian rainforest, but for Huang, this dilapidated shelter is his only shade from the sweltering tropical sun. He and his other Chinese colleagues take turns to sit under it, overseeing the digging and churning of the murky water beneath them, where they are mining a huge pit for gold. Two years ago Huang, 40, left his tea farm in China's Guangzhu province to seek riches here in west Africa. Since then his work has been hot and arduous, and at times dangerous but, by his standards, the rewards are great. Huang says he makes about 4,000 yuan – about £420 – per month. His salary is paid straight to his family in China, with the money he needs to live deducted first. "The work is difficult. [But] I came here to make money," said Huang. ...
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Barrick suffering big setbacks in Latin America	12.4.2013	AP Business
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A Chilean court's halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion, border-straddling mine on the high spine of the Andes is only the latest setback in Latin America for the world's largest gold miner....
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Barrick suffering big setbacks in Latin America	12.4.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
A Chilean court's halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion, border-straddling mine on the high spine of the Andes is only the latest setback in Latin America for the world's largest gold miner.
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Barrick suffering big setbacks in Latin America	12.4.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
A Chilean court's halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion, border-straddling mine on the high spine of the Andes is only the latest setback in Latin America for the world's largest gold miner.
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Barrick suffering big setbacks in Latin America on environmental protection, mining royalties	12.4.2013	Star Tribune: World

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Zimbabwe diamonds flood into Dubai	5.4.2013	Financial Times: Energy
The emirate has become a significant conduit for legal Zimbabwean exports of rough diamonds. Sales are 230 times greater than in 2008
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Deadly Tibetan Landslide Draws Attention to Mining	3.4.2013	NY Times: Asia-Pacific
A surge in mining on the Tibetan plateau has provided valuable resources for China’s economy, but the environmental damage has stirred anger among people living there.
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Excavating a future in Afghanistan	24.3.2013	L.A. Times - World News
The country sits atop oil, gas and mineral deposits that could be worth a trillion dollars. But building a commercial mining industry will be a rocky road. TAGHAR, Afghanistan — In a rugged valley outside Kabul, where mud-walled villages blend into bare scrubland, a team of international mining experts and Afghan trainees set up camp over the winter to probe the region's mineral resources.
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Fracking could cut carbon emissions… in the short term	19.3.2013	New Scientists HIV
Fracking could cut carbon emissions… in the short term
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GOP questions Interior nominee Sally Jewell over lawsuits	13.3.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Published Mar 12, 2013 03:58PM MDT Washington • Republicans are raising concerns that Interior Department nominee Sally Jewell belonged to a conservation group that in the past has sued the government dozens of times but the issue doesn’t appear to be slowing her confirmation process. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., questioned Jewell about her work on the board of the National Parks Conservation Association, which Barrasso noted has sued to shut down coal-fired power plants, halt coal mining and block oil and gas drilling. In all, t... ...
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Pro-mining opposition wins Greenland election	13.3.2013	Seattle Times: Business & Technology
An opposition centrist party that favors tapping Greenland's underground mineral wealth appears poised to win the Arctic country's parliamentary election.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Preventing an Arctic Cold War	13.3.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Melting ice raises the potential for conflict.
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Minerals dominate Greenland poll	12.3.2013	BBC: Front Page
Voters go to the polls in Greenland on Tuesday, in an election dominated by the question of how the territory should exploit its mineral riches.
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Uranium-mining concerns seek Navajo Nation projects (Cached)	4.3.2013	Durango Herald
SHIPROCK, N.M. Uranium-mining companies are showing signs of renewed interest in the Navajo Nation.The Daily Times of Farmington reported that several companies during the past year have addressed the tribe, seeking permission to once again mine the tribes uranium-rich land.
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