Environment / Mining
Articles about Mining, ordered by date. 
View from the ridge
Jewellery designer Jane Theobald's meditation on the true price of the shiny stuff.
The myth of ethical gold
Certification schemes notwithstanding, clean gold is a bit of a scam, says Stephanie Boyd.
Churning up the cloud forest
Roxana Olivera on a Peruvian community's struggles to defend its rights against a mining corporation's dirty tricks.
Gold - the facts
Where does it come from? Who buys it? What do they do with it? What do they do with it? And the impacts of it.
Stop the gold rush
Richard Swift argues that our appetite for the shiny metal is both pointless and dangerous.
King coal runs amok
Alex Scrivener guides us through the coal-ravaged landscape of East Kalimantan.
The people's campaign: Lock that gate
Reports on the fightback from Australia.
The frack files
The lowdown on fracking and why communities around the world are so against it. The myths, the science, the history, the empty promises, the facts – all in this handy primer written by environmental researcher Danny Chivers.
Facing the vultures
Argentina is not in the habit of being cowed by international pressure and financial big-hitters – or by proponents of austerity. Vanessa Baird reports.
Introducing... The Eight Great Greenwashers
Ahead of the Rio +20 Earth Summit, Danny Chivers exposes the canny, crafty and plain deceitful claims of corporations co-opting 'sustainability'
How do you sleep at night, Mr Davis?
Two dead, 100 injured – this is the way Swiss mining giant Xstrata does ‘community relations’ in Peru, while boss Mick Davis is in line for a $44 million bonus.
Kimberley Process 'whitewashes' blood diamonds
Aoife Allen describes how The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is not doing enough to clean up the gems trade.
Peruvians rise up against the mines
The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on what led to such flare-ups.
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