Australia’s mining companies will sign up to new social and environmental monitoring guidelines amid deepening concerns about their treatment of First Nations communities.
Mining giant De Beers committed to being carbon neutral and achieving gender parity in its workforce by 2030. The company operates the NWT's Gahcho Kué mine.
Voters favored candidates who would support changing mining laws and regulations to improve environmental protection and mandate consent from First Nations.
Activists defending their communities against development of extractive industries and land grabs face high rates of criminalization, physical violence and murder around the world, according to a study.
