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The destructive legacy of mining often lingers for communities and ecosystems long after the operating companies leave.

More than 7000 people from the Papua New Guinea province of Madang are suing a mining company for US$5.3 billion in damages.

Renewed phosphate mining on Makatea in French Polynesia has come a step closer. Last week, the government drew up a new mining code and this week the assembly's mining commissio

Samples taken from a dolphin that washed up dead on Papua New Guinea's Rai Coast have revealed very high concentrations of heavy metals. The samples were taken by a team led by Swiss scientist Alex Mojon, who was hired by the Madang Provincial government after a slurry spill from t

The Ramu nickel mine in Papua New Guinea's Madang province has been found to have mismanaged toxic waste it dumps into the sea. The provincial government engaged an oil spill response consultant from Sweden to investigate recent discolouring of local waters and deaths of fish species.

WaterNSW has objected to the expansion of a coalmine under Sydney’s drinking water catchment because the project would cause unacceptable impacts, including the loss of 3.3bn litres of water a year.The government-owned water corporation has also warned that mining company South32’s proposal to ex

About 5,000 tonnes of the mineral bauxite has spilled into a bay in Solomon Islands where a bulk carrier ran aground earlier this year, spilling thousands of litres of oil.The latest spill at Rennell, near a World Heritage Area, has locals suffering again, drawing renewed criticism of the extent

Indigenous people, not environmentalists, are the key to protecting the world’s most precious ecosystems. Click on the link to read the full article. 

Activists, wildlife rangers and indigenous leaders are dying violently at the rate of about four a week, with a growing sense around the world that "anyone can kill environmental defenders without repercussions".Click on the link below to read the full story.