Vedanta: take action now!
Stand alongside the Kondh
The pristine Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, India, are the ancestral home of thousands of tribal people.
The Kondh tribe lead a self-sufficient life nurturing the forest-covered region and relying on it for their food, drink and medicines. They also worship the mountain as their god.
Vedanta Resources plc, a British mining company, is about [...]
A world free of mercury? Not yet – but hope rises
It may not represent complete victory, but the unanimous decision by more than 140 states to voluntarily “control” mercury emissions to the environment is a welcome and major step to ridding the planet of one of its most toxic substances. Since coal-fired power plants are the biggest culprits – followed by artisanal gold mining – [...]
Anglo American to cut 19,000 jobs as mining boom ends
Daily Telegraph, 20-02-2009
Anglo American, the world’s biggest platinum producer, plans to cut 19,000 jobs by the end of the year as the boom in commodities comes crashing down. The company, which owns a 45pc stake in Diamond producer De Beers and employs about 100,000 people around the world, made the announcement after revealing profits dropped [...]
Australian Workers’ Union claims Rio Tinto is blackmailing Australian Government
Australian Workers’ Union claims Rio Tinto is ‘blackmailing’ Kevin Rudd on Chinalco
Matthew Franklin and Nicola Berkovic | February 19, 2009
Article from: The Australian
THE Australian Workers Union has attacked mining giant Rio Tinto as a blackmailer threatening mass sackings to pressure the Rudd Government into backing its plans to sell up to China.
AWU national secretary Paul [...]
Canada: Attawapiskat members issue demands to DeBeers
Protesters at a winter road blockade to the DeBeers Victor Mine near Attawapiskat First Nation in Canada have issued a list of demands they wish to discuss with DeBeers management. The roadblock went up Feb. 6 to protest the Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) signed between Attawapiskat and DeBeers.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9078
