Giant mines scramble to cut output
Mining companies – which couldn’t dig minerals out of the earth fast enough just a few months ago – are now struggling to climb out of a very deep hole. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=8933
Insider trading at Monterrico
Richard Ralph, formerly British Ambassador in Peru and then, until recently, Chair of London-based Monterrico Metals, has been fined almost £120,000 for insider dealing. See coverage in: The Times The Guardian The Telegraph Daily Mail London Calling
Film about Anglo American/Rio Tinto project in Alaska
Information provided by Amelie Peck, Node Manager, North American Mountain Forum, Banff, Alberta, Canada 20 November 2008 The People’s Choice award at this year’s recent Banff Mountain Film Festival was awarded to the film RedGold. The film tells the story of the brewing controversy surrounding the proposed Pebble Mine at the headwaters of Bristol Bay [...]
Half-truths and evasions
Report of the BHP Billiton plc AGM, Thursday 23 October, London Summary At its AGM (annual shareholders’ meeting) in London on 23 October, BHP Billiton was attacked over its record in the Philippines, Indonesia, Guatemala and Colombia, its failure to endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its role in worsening [...]
BHP Billiton: image and reality
Briefing for the BHP Billiton plc Annual General Meeting, 23 October 2008 BHP Billiton is the largest mining company in the world. Jointly listed on the London and Australian Stock Exchanges, it has a market capitalization of 180 billion US dollars, more than twice the size of its nearest rival, Brazil’s Vale Inco. In the [...]
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