Topic: Mining | GroundUp

Report sheds light on Mozambique’s troubled Cabo Delgado

Activities of United States cashew nut company singled out

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 6 June 2023

Standoff between shack dwellers and sand mining company in Khayelitsha

Mining operations halted after families living in shacks near the site complain about sand filling their homes

By Vincent Lali

News | 30 May 2023

Silicosis class action bolstered by Appeal Court ruling

Litigation has been ongoing for ten years

By Tania Broughton

Law | 7 February 2023

Environmental activists revise pleas in “SLAPP case” brought by Australian miners

Marathon legal battle against R14.25-million defamation case continues

By John Yeld

Law | 1 February 2023

Dust, flying rocks, deafening noise: blasting is a nightmare for people living near mines

Here’s what government can do about it

By Danjelle Midgley

Opinion | 20 January 2023

Concourt hands critics of Australian mine partial victory – but defamation battle is not over

It is up to Parliament to develop more comprehensive SLAPP suit defence, says court

By John Yeld

Law | 14 November 2022

Seismic judgment: Court overturns exploration rights granted to Shell

The court has put a stop to the seismic survey along the Wild Coast

By Tania Broughton

Law | 1 September 2022

Mining affected communities protest outside Parliament

Activists demand mines develop and help the communities that host them

By Vincent Lali

Brief | 16 August 2022

West Coast breakthrough: environment activists and mining company reach agreement

Mineral Sands Resources has prevented legal action, at least for now, over its West Coast operations

By John Yeld

News | 21 June 2022

Judge blocks mine expansion

Licence to extend the Somkhele mine set aside

By Tania Broughton

Law | 5 May 2022

Diver accuses Alexkor of more illegal rock dumping

And Green Scorpions find evidence that the company is defying a Compliance Notice on coffer dam construction

By John Yeld

News | 22 March 2022

Mines are failing Limpopo communities, says scathing report

Researchers recommend that state implements harsher measures against non-compliant companies

By Tania Broughton

News | 24 February 2022

Western Cape government joins battle over mining

Appeal filed against new coastal prospecting licence

By John Yeld

News | 23 February 2022

Concourt hears vital defamation case

Defendants want common law to be developed to prevent ‘SLAPP’ suits

By John Yeld

Law | 20 February 2022

Australian mining company’s “SLAPP case” against its critics heads to Concourt

Constitutional issues at stake in R14.25 million defamation action against environmentalists and activists

By John Yeld

Law | 1 February 2022

Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations

Environment department lays charges against state diamond miner over use of “coffer dams”

By John Yeld

News | 19 January 2022