Africa: Mining Companies and Land Rights in South Africa - How Environmentalists Have Used the Law to Defend Communities: [The Conversation Africa] Environmental activists in South Africa have been waging legal battles against the state and mining companies for years. This is often on the grounds that communities haven't been consulted before mines were given permission to start digging and blasting… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRZW3d #EnvironmentalJustice #MiningRights #SouthAfrica #LandRights #Activism

Kerala High Court validates the 2021 Minerals Vesting Act, placing mineral rights on private land under government control. Mining now requires permission and environmental clearance. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/hc-upholds-kerala-minerals-vesting-of-rights-act-government-now-owns-control-over-malabar-deposits-ubi42qjj?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KeralaMinerals #HighCourt #MiningRights #KeralaLaw

Africa: Thousands in DRC Could Face Eviction From Lobito Corridor Railway: [Global Witness] The EU and US-backed Lobito Corridor railway for critical mineral transport risks driving evictions in a mining region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and leaving vulnerable people open to abuse http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPdCY6 #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #LobitoCorridor #MiningRights #EvictionCrisis #HumanRights

In Canada's Quebec, residents miffed over mining boom
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-canada-quebec-residents-miffed-boom.html #quebec #mining #economics #exploration #windfall #MiningRights