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1.	Popularizing new neo-colonial governance processes for African minerals?
	Author: Evans Rubara and Paula Butler	Date Written: 11 June 2013
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Pambazuka issue 634
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/8779 99
	Key Words: Mining, Canadian companies, African governance,whitewash,
	Summary & Comment: "There seems to be an unspoken foreign goal to prevent control of mining policy throughout Africa from falling into the hands of nationalist, pro-community political forces who will promote a vigorous resource nationalism agenda... Any possibility of a wide-ranging debate at this conference over the terms of the African mineral resource sector . . . [expand]
2.	South Africa: Don`t frack with the Karoo.
	Author: Muna Lakhani;	Date Written: 28 May 2013
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Climate Justice Now
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://groups.google.com/group/cjn-south-africa/to opics
	Key Words: South Africa, Karoo. methane, fracking, pollution, opposition
	Summary & Comment: A number of groups gathered in Steylerville to expose the problems and difficulties of drilling and fracking for methane gas for the communities in the Karoo and for Mother Earth. They also linked with other regional and international groups. JK
3.	Africa Progress Panel report on MIning deals in DRC.
	Author: 3 RAID reports	Date Written: 13 May 2013
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID)
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http:// http://africaprogresspanel.org//fr
	Key Words: DRC; mining deals, Africa progress panel, Kofi Annan
	Summary & Comment: The Democratic Republic of Congo lost at least US$1.36-billion through a series of “opaque” sales of state-owned mining concessions, according to a landmark report. Foreign dealers, investors, get special deals by paying off Congolese officials. These and other accusations against specific companies come out in a report of a special panel headed by . . . [expand]
4.	Africa’s natural resources could dramatically improve the lives of millions
	Author: African Progress Panel	Date Written: 10 May 2013
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: African Progress Panel
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://www.africaprogresspanel.org
	Key Words: Resources, benefits, services, Graca Machel,government policies,
	Summary & Comment: while natural resources may have fuelled a decade of rapid economic growth, most Africans have still not seen the benefits, report says. In many African countries, natural resource revenues are widening the gap between rich and poor. Although much has been achieved, a decade of highly impressive growth has not brought comparable improvements in hea . . . [expand]
5.	How Canada Dominates African Mining
	Author: Travis Lupick	Date Written: 18 April 2013
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Think Africa Press
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://thinkafricapress.com/economy/canada-dominat tes-african-mining
	Key Words: Africa, mining, Canada, domination,
	Summary & Comment: Foreign companies from a range of countries compete in Africa’s mining sector. But according to a number of measures, those from one country dominate: Canada. Canada – with a population less than one-tenth that of China’s and geographically about as far from Africa as one can get – has quietly grown to become one of the largest stakeholders in Af . . . [expand]
6.	A brutal tragedy that should never have happened
	Author: Brian Ashley	Date Written: 20 August 2012
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Amandla magazine
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.amandlapublishers.co.za
	Key Words: South Africa, mineworkers massacre, police, Lonmin, NUM
	Summary & Comment: Here Amandla magazine comments on reasons for the Lonmin massacre as failure of political, management and union leadership. Amandla maintains that union leadership has been given sweet deals by the company - Lonmin- and so failed to defend its workers. This also allowed a rival mining union to start up and divide the workers. Amandla recommends the . . . [expand]
7.	Mines still have a long way to go to negate their harmful effects on communities
	Author: Benchmarks	Date Written: 14 August 2012
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Benchmarks
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.bench-marks.org.za/
	Key Words: South Africa, platinum, Lonmin, massacre, communities
	Summary & Comment: Media Statement by Benchmarks Foundation. This study follows on their original study in 2007, of the Platinum mining companies in Northwest Province. These include Lonmin mine, where only a few days after this issuing of detailoed reports, the massacre of some 34 miners by police took place. The study shows that the detailed recommendations to Par . . . [expand]