Extractive Industries Archives — Page 2 of 10

Ecuador mining conflict evolves into a battle for indigenous identity

Río Blanco communities opposing Chinese mine claim right to consultation amid accusations of ‘playing the indigenous card’

Brazil

Brazil allows the offer of oil blocs near protected area against the advice of its environmental agency

Argentina

Mining companies responding to battery boom focus on Argentina’s salt flats, but what about local people?

Ecuador

In 2016, a Shuar community in Nankints, Ecuador, was forcibly evicted by a mining company. It has yet to return

China

Ruthless resource seeker or renewables champion? China’s Latin America footprint is a walking contradiction

Jamaica

Fallout from pollution at JISCO refinery leads Chinese ambassador to call for better community relations

Argentina

Moves will benefit biodiversity, fisheries resilience and carbon sequestration

Brazil

Chinese steelmakers boost metal production in Goiás and Minas Gerais as accusations of pollution mount