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1.	Many fail to implement oil and mining industry anti-corruption initiative
	Author: Press Release	Date Written: 9 March 2010
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Oxfam America
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.oxfamamerica.org; www.globalwitness.org g
	Key Words: mining industry, oil, anit-corruption, initiative, EITI,
	Summary & Comment: Transparency of financial flows is an important condition needed to unlock billions of dollars in oil and mining revenues to help fight poverty. However, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative deadline has passed with many governments falling short. The voluntary initiative to increase transparent and accountable management of natural re . . . [expand]
2.	Miners push back against controversial bill
	Author: Brenda Bouw, Toronto	Date Written: 8 March 2010
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Globe and Mail
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com
	Key Words: mining, Canadian government, controversial bill, C-300,
	Summary & Comment: Through an advertising and letter-writing campaign the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention can be a platform to renew opposition to bill C-300 that would give the federal government power to investigate the activities of Canadian resource companies in foreign countries and to deny taxpayer-funded financing to those that viol . . . [expand]
3.	Nigeria: Reforming Shell?
	Author: edited by William Minter	Date Written: 5 March 2010
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: AfricaFocus Bulletin
	Secondary Category: Western Region	Source URL: http://www.africafocus.org
	Key Words: Nigeria, gas, oil, reform, gjuidelines,
	Summary & Comment: This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains a report from The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility, based on research by Nigerian civil society groups, identifying ways in which Shell could remedy its failures in social responsibility in Nigeria, including implementing its own guidelines. WM
4.	Don’t mention Avatar - and Canadian mining industry
	Author: Peter Koven	Date Written: 5 March 2010
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Financial Post
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.financialpost.com
	Key Words: Avatar, Canadian mining industry,
	Summary & Comment: "Avatar expresses the attitude host countries have to mining," says an expert on resources. It brings to life "a shifting, global mood in which mining is viewed in a completely negative light." In committee hearings in the Canadian Parliament a succession of speakers accused Canadian miners of violence, corruption, extortion, en . . . [expand]
5.	D R Congo: European Union urged to ban conflict minerals
	Author: Ida Karlsson, Stockholm	Date Written: 4 March 2010
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Inter Press Service
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net
	Key Words: DR Congo, resource extraction, conflict, control, EU
	Summary & Comment: The illicit exploitation of natural resources to fuel the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not a new phenomenon. However, measures to address the trade in conflict minerals are just gaining momentum. After the United States and UN adopted measures to control conflict minerals in the eastern DRC, pressure is mounting on the EU to fol . . . [expand]
6.	AreTanzanians are more cursed than blessed?
	Author: Mvuyisi April kaDathini	Date Written: 3 March 2010
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org
	Key Words: Tanzania, mining, gold,
	Summary & Comment: In this opinion piece the author asks whose interests drive the government and politicians in Tanzania and who is at the heart of policy development and formulation when mining corporations enjoy a better relationship with politicians than their electorates do? He argues that mining companies and government Ministers have missed an opportunity  . . . [expand]
7.	Canadian firms dominate mining activities with bad human rights record
	Author: correspondent, Nairobi	Date Written: 1 March 2010
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: The East African
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke
	Key Words: mining, Canada, human rights,
	Summary & Comment: Canada dominates mining and mineral exploration on the continent. By 2007 Canadian companies were active in 35 African countries, and Africa represented 17% of the total $85.9 billion in cumulative Canadian mining assets. In 2010 the total value of Canadian mining assets in Africa is expected to surpass $21 billion compared to $233 million in 1989. . . . [expand]