Mining
Peru community wants its land back, threatening Chinese copper mine
By Marcelo Rochabrun LAS BAMBAS, Peru (Reuters) - The community of Fuerabamba in the Andean region of Peru was resettled...
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Australia’s #MeToo puts miners and ministers in crosshairs of history
By Byron Kaye and Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's mighty #MeToo wave is piling pressure on mining and political...
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Guinea opposition parties reject junta’s proposed 39-month transition timeline
CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea's main opposition parties have rejected the ruling military junta's proposed 39-month democratic transition timeline, they said in...
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Congo mines minister seeks to cancel artisanal cobalt monopoly
By Helen Reid CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo Mines Minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi is seeking to cancel...
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Panama Commerce Minister with key mining contract role named U.S. ambassador
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen said on Tuesday he had appointed Ramon Martinez, currently the country's Minister...
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Explainer-What will a Marcos presidency in the Philippines look like?
By Martin Petty (Reuters) - Ferdinand Marcos Jr has swept an election in the Philippines and will begin a six-year...
Read moreAt least 14 dead in east Congo refugee camp attack
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed in an overnight attack on a displaced...
Read moreEast Congo rebels kill 35 in raid on artisanal mine -government
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Militants killed 35 civilians in an attack on an artisanal gold mining site in the Democratic Republic of...
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Brazil police cast doubt on reported rape and death of Yanomami teenager
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian federal police said on Friday it was still investigating the alleged rape and death of a...
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Chile constitutional assembly does not okay expanded state mining rights
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's constitutional assembly passed articles expanding environmental rights on Saturday, but stopped short of approving a proposal...
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Peru’s government postpones meeting with Las Bambas mine protesters until Tuesday
LIMA (Reuters) - The Peruvian government postponed a meeting scheduled for Saturday with the indigenous communities protesting Las Bambas copper...
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Peruvian protesters agree to attend talks over MMG’s shut copper mine
LIMA (Reuters) - Indigenous communities protesting the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru agreed on Friday to meet with government...
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Peru keeps emergency decree in place for now in conflict over mine
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru pledged to review conditions around a major cooper mine but said it will not lift by...
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‘Japan is a buy,’ PM Kishida tells City of London
By Tommy Wilkes and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took his appeal for foreign investment...
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Factbox-Marcos and Robredo lead field ahead of Philippine presidential vote
(Reuters) - Philippine presidential candidates will wrap up campaigning this week ahead of the May 9 election, in a contest...
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‘Yo! Get up and vote!’ rapper tells Kenyans – but many don’t care
By Aaron Ross ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) - A lollipop dangling from his mouth and two silver chains from his neck,...
Read moreWorkers take to streets of Peruvian capital to call for end to mine standoff
LIMA (Reuters) - Hundreds of workers from a massive copper mine took to the streets of Peru's capital on Tuesday,...
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Peruvian mine protesters reject talks until emergency order lifted
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian indigenous communities occupying a key copper mine will agree to talks with officials...
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China-owned Las Bambas fails to evict indigenous Peruvian community from mine
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -At least one protesting indigenous community on Friday continued to occupy MMG's Las Bambas copper...
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Six soldiers killed in Central African Republic rebel attack
BANGUI (Reuters) - Rebels killed at least six soldiers in an attack on Thursday on a military outpost in southeast...
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