Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was met by a large crowd of protesters from 30 environmental and human rights groups when he visited London yesterday.
Five activists were arrested after blocking the entrance to Harper’s speech …
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Phulbari’s fertile farmlands are Bangladesh’s rice bowl. (Photo courtesy of JACSES)
British company GCM Resources was dealt a serious blow today as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) agreed to consider complaints regarding …
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On Wednesday a group of eighteen Dongria Kond from the threatened Niyamgiri mountain range in Odisha, India descended on Bhubaneswar to meet the Odisha Governor SC Jamir demanding that all affected villages are consulted on …
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During a rally of defiance, India’s Dongria Kondh have vowed to defend their Niyamgiri Hills against an open pit mine by British mining giant Vedanta Resources, and demanded the release of village leaders ahead of …
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Amnesty International urges authorities in the eastern Indian state of Odisha to fully respect a recent Supreme Court ruling and hold village assembly (gram sabha) meetings in all of 80-odd Dongria Kondh Adivasi (Indigenous) and …
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The world’s largest minerals trading conglomerate now appears to be placing a lot of faith in big – if not bad – bankers to lift its recent lacklustre performance; not to mention some fiscal and …
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Glencore Xstrata Plc, the biggest exporter of power station coal, is studying a plan to combine some of its Australian coal operations with mines run by Rio Tinto Group, according to two people familiar with …
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Glencore Xstrata Plc, the world’s largest exporter of power station coal, is being investigated by Italian tax police, which accused the group of evading more than 120 million euros ($158 million) in taxes. The authorities …
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Rio Tinto has reached a binding agreement to sell its Eagle project to Lundin Mining Corporation for an estimated US$325 million in cash. This transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2013 …
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It’s the only Great Game worth playing (everyone knows that, but some people unfortunately still don’t recognise it). However football (soccer, that’s to say, not the US pretence) has had its image distinctly tarnished in …
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A south west England mining revival is getting under way with development of the Hemerdon tungsten/tin property which will be one of the world’s largest tungsten mines.
Amcu set to defy Motlanthe
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) looks set to ignore Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s efforts to bring stability to the mining sector by embarking on yet another wildcat …
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