Justice in Mining

Resource persons at the "Cobalt Blue" webinar organised by the Canadian Jesuit International stressed the root causes of mining misery: the legacy of colonialism, racism, unchecked consumerism, and a greedy global economic-political system that overlooks ethical and environmental concerns are among the main reasons for the untold suffering caused by mining and the extraction of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

"Conflicts in Africa in the Context of the Exploitation of Natural and Mining Resources" was the theme of a seminar in Accra, Ghana. Participants in the seminar convened by the Symposium of the Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) called for the end of the ruthless depletion of natural resources by multinational corporations and foreign powers.

A Catholic leader in South Africa, a country where mineral wealth long has been an economic mainstay, says that today the Church in his country often encounters “the suffering face of Christ in sick mine workers.”

Statement published by the Jesuits on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti in which they warn of the risks posed to the local populations and their livelihoods by an extractive mining project.

The coordinator of the Brazilian network of Churches and Mines, a Comboni religious missionary, talks about the second edition of their initiative in September: the Earth is not an infinite reservoir of resources to be taken without limits.

The Secretariat has published its 135th issue of Promotio Iustitiae on the theme: Mineral Mining: Boon or Bane?

Today we are pleased to present the research Energy Transition, Mining Expansion and Ecosocial Conflicts in the Amazon, the result of the joint work of the Center for Applied Ethics of the University of Deusto and the Alboan Foundation,

The Justice in Mining Network denounce the unfortunate acts of violence against defenders of land, territory and common goods in Bajo Aguán, in Honduras.

The case in point is Mutoko district in Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe, the main granite rock producing area in the country, where in community agency in mining, environmental conservation, and climate justice has been weak, and Silveira House sought to strengthen community agency.

The Churches and Mining Network, a continental entity of church institutions and faith communities, express its condemnation and deep concern for the criminalisation, persecution and imprisonment of water and nature defenders in El Salvador.