Tanzania Gold Mine Deaths Centre Of London Accreditor Case
By Polina Devitt October 7, 2026 UK gold bullion bars are stacked at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London, Britain, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The alleged fatal shootings of two illegal artisanal miners, identified only as ZZZ and ZZY, at Tanzania's North Mara gold mine are at the heart of a lawsuit against the London Bullion Market Association that began in London on Wednesday, court documents from bot
Reuters
Oct 9
UK Trial Challenges ‘Responsible Gold’ Certification
Families of Tanzanian Mine Victims Seek Justice Juliane Kippenberg October 1, 2026 North Mara Gold Mine in Tarime district, northwest Tanzania. © 2022 Private An unusual trial will begin next week in London’s High Court: the families of two 23-year-old Tanzanian men who were fatally shot in 2019 at a Canadian-owned gold mine in northern Tanzania are bringing a case against the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), an industry body that oversees the London gold market. Ano
Human Rights Watch
Oct 6
China’s Quest for Critical Minerals Comes With Abuse
Allegations of worker violence and environmental harm surround China’s mineral projects on the continent By ADF September 29, 2026 Millions of liters of toxic effluent flowed from a breach in the tailings dam at the Sino-Metals Leach copper mine in Zambia in February 2025. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As China has expanded its investment in mineral mining projects on the continent, allegations of environmental and human rights abuses have risen at an alarming rate. The Business and H
Africa Defense Forum
Oct 6
DRC: M23 abuses miners, traffics gold and coltan to Rwanda
Amnesty International reports that Rwanda-backed M23 fighters abused artisanal miners in eastern DRC while facilitating the trafficking of gold and coltan into Rwanda.
