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  • An unprecedented campaign recently pushed Ghana’s government to repeal legislation allowing mining in forest reserves.
  • Originally passed in 2022, the regulations had opened up nearly 90% of Ghana’s forest reserves to mining, but the campaign spurred nationwide protests, petitions, a strike and a prayer walk on the streets of Accra.
  • “Together, we rallied behind the idea that our forests are more important to us than gold. But as momentous as repealing the legislation is, it’s only a staging post in a longer journey to end the devastation that mining is inflicting in Ghana,” a new op-ed argues.
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El gobierno de Ecuador suspendió el lunes las actividades mineras en tres zonas de la Amazonía y sur del país tras determinar graves afectaciones al ambiente producto de la minería ilegal.

La resolución suscrita por la ministra del Ambiente, Inés Manzano, rige para las provincias de Napo, en la Amazonía, El Oro y Loja, en la zona sur fronteriza con Perú.

Un informe técnico citado en el documento oficial señala que “se ha constatado la presencia de metales pesados como cobre, plomo, arsénico y cadmio, así como cianuro, en concentraciones que superan los límites máximos permisibles”, en los ríos Calera, Amarillo y Napo, que atraviesan las mencionadas provincias.

El gobierno dispuso se efectúen inspecciones y procesos sancionatorios para “interceptar la minería ilegal, suspender operaciones irregulares, decomisar maquinaria y material mineralizado” y evitar nuevos daños ambientales, indicó un comunicado del Ministerio del Ambiente.

El impacto ambiental causado es “grave” para el activista Leo Cerda, dirigente de comunicaciones de la comunidad Kichwa Shakan Amaru Cachi en la Amazonía, quien dijo a The Associated Press que la contaminación del río Napo genera “enfermedades, alergias, abortos”, impactando a más de 100.000 habitantes de la ribera y sus afluentes.

Según Cerda, en Napo existen 288 concesiones mineras y licencias ambientales que “se otorgaron porque hay corrupción en los organismos de control”, por lo que pidió una depuración institucional.

La Cámara de Minería del Ecuador respaldó en un comunicado toda acción de lucha contra la extracción ilícita de minerales que genera graves problemas ambientales, sociales y de seguridad que requieren “una respuesta firme del Estado”.

Pese a que en junio de 2023 el entonces gobierno de Guillermo Lasso (2021-2023) declaró a la minería ilegal como grave amenaza para el Estado, su expansión no se ha detenido y por el contrario ha proliferado, impulsada por los altos costos del oro.

Esta actividad ilícita tiene estrecha vinculación con organizaciones de delincuencia organizada dedicadas al narcotráfico lo que conllevó un aumento de violencia, comentó Cerda.

Hay empresas “que para no hacer el debido proceso (de legalización) se juntan con bandas transnacionales y están financiando la violencia en el país, roban el combustible para operar las máquinas y todo es dinero mal habido”, afirmó el activista.

En 2024 dos alcaldes de ciudades mineras de la provincia de El Oro fueron asesinados al igual que otro en una zona minera de la provincia de Azuay.

La explotación ilegal, principalmente de oro, se registra en al menos 11 provincias del país, entre ellas, Napo, Sucumbíos, Zamora Chinchipe, Morona Santiago, en la Amazonía, así como en Imbabura y Loja, en la región andina, entre las principales.

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A toxic tailings dam at the Chinese-owned Sino Metals copper mine in northern Zambia collapsed in February, releasing at least 50,000 tonnes of acidic waste—possibly far more—into waterways feeding the Kafue River. The spill contaminated drinking water, killed fish, and damaged farmland across the Copperbelt, leaving families without food and exposing them to heavy metals linked to long-term health risks. Farmers report failed crops, illness, and inadequate remediation. China disputes the scale of the disaster, saying acidity levels have stabilised, while Zambia insists it is not soft-pedalling despite owing China about $5bn. A $80bn lawsuit filed by 176 farmers is now seen as a major test of whether African states can hold Chinese companies accountable. Compensation so far has been uneven, and cleanup efforts are slow. With US interest in Zambia rising, analysts say the geopolitical balance may give Zambia more leverage, but unresolved pollution threatens communities for years.

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More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source.

The Loma Larga mining project, run by Canadian mining company Dundee Precious Metals, borders the 3,200-hectare (7,900-acre) Quimsacocha National Recreation Area, located within the UNESCO Macizo del Cajas Biosphere Reserve. Quimsacocha is a central source of clean freshwater in the Andean páramo tundra located approximately 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) southeast of Cuenca.

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As consumers have grown less worried about whether their diamonds are mined or made, many have turned to cost-friendly lab grown diamonds. And that’s having a big impact on the diamond mining industry — including for Canada.

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Date set for closure of Timmins' Kidd Creek Mine (www.northernontariobusiness.com)
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I don't like this article but it's an interesting read and I get into details of picking it a part a bit in the comments of the original post. I also share my comment here.

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There’s a lot changing in the construction industry, and a lot of growth in the need for materials like sand and gravel. But I don’t think it’s fair to say the world is running out of those materials. We’re just more aware of all the costs involved in procuring them, and hopefully taking more account for how they affect our future and the environment.

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