JUBILEE SOUTH AFRICA UPDATE
SEKURUWE COMMUNITY LAND DISPUTE
(refers to alert of 26/1/09 – see below)
SEKURUWE COMMUNITY STOPS ANGLO PLATINUM FROM BULLDOZING THEIR LAND, 29 Jan 2009 15:00
Since the Ministry of Land Affairs …
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South African community confronts Anglo Plat
Is Rio on the rocks?
by Roger Moody
Despite recent disposals, in order to cover its massive debt, Rio Tinto’s prospects for selling more of the family silver (or copper, or nickel, or aluminium) look increasingly dim. Last year, its …
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Anglo American and the South Africa Human Rights Commission
SAHRC finding highlights issues of community relocation to make way for mining
The issue of human rights and mining is highlighted in a first-of-a-kind investigation into the relocation of communities to make way for mining…However…human …
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Indian villagers in human chain protest at Vedanta
BHUBANESWAR, India, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Thousands of tribespeople in eastern India, some carrying bows and arrows, formed a human chain on Tuesday to protest against a bauxite mine planned by Vedanta Resources Plc (VED.L), …
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Australian minister spills “midnight oil” on Aboriginal custodians
Through the 1980s, Peter Garrett and his band, Midnight Oil, were widely regarded as in the vanguard of recognition of Australian Aboriginal land rights and environmental protection. But no longer. As Australian Federal government Environment …
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Is this the end of mining as we know it?
As predicted on the Mines and Communities website last year, and despite some momentary rallies early in the new year, global base metals companies are now confronted with virtually unprecedented falls in commodity prices. Worse, …
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Vedanta protests in Orissa intensify
Hundreds of tribespeople, many carrying bows and arrows, marched in protest against a bauxite mine planned by Britain’s Vedanta Resources Plc, police and eyewitnesses said. The protesters, including hundreds of women, danced and shouted slogans …
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Madagascar – Rio Tinto breaks new ground as Daewoo gets boot
Despite recent doom and gloom surrounding many of its operations, Rio Tinto has finally opened one of the most controversial mines in recent history. Until a few years ago, critics of Rio’s proposed mineral sands …
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Rio Tinto Suspends $205 Million Uruguay Port Project
Mining company Rio Tinto has put off plans to spend $205 million to develop a port facility in Agraciada, Uruguay, a company spokesman said Wednesday. “Rio Tinto is postponing the expansion of the Corumba mine …
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