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Intro

In the past, the discovery and tapping of valuable or strategic resources like valuable minerals, oil and natural gas has often led to large scale environmental contamination ...

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News

When Rare Earths Get Rarer (2 September 2010)

Tensions Over Chinese Mining Venture in Peru (14 August 2010)

Digging Gold With a Cyanide Lining (16 July 2010)

U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan (13 June 2010)

Global Witness rejects claim that Zimbabwe diamonds are clean (8 June 2010)

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Recent Publications

Garrett, N./Mitchell, H./Lintzer, M. 2010: Promoting Legal Mineral Trade in Africa's Great Lakes Region. DFID/MINBUZA/LSE/RCS.

Bonn International Center for Conversion 2009: Digging for Peace - Private Companies and Emerging Economies in Zones of Conflict. brief no. 38.

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Initiatives

Kimberley Process (KP)

Partnership Africa-Canada (PAC)

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