On a bridge along Eastern Freeway, one of Melbourne’s important freeways, Australian and Filipino environmental activists dropped banners condemning open-cut mining saying ‘Open cut mining scars the Earth, No to Roxby Expansion’ and ‘Philippines: Yes …
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Aussie and Filipino Activists Say No to Open Pit Mining
Dragons in the Indonesian mists
Impacts of mining became an important issue for Indonesians during the state’s recent presidential elections.
Siti Mainmunah, of Indonesian mining advocacy group JATAM, has been driving home the message that mineral extraction provides no basis …
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Argentina: Academics reject corporate miner’s handouts
There’s been heated debate in Argentina over whether its National Inter University Council (CIN) should accept funds from the country’s largest open-pit mine, Minera Alumbrera. The mine is operated by UK-Swiss Xstrata, co-owned by Goldcorp …
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Tanzania Mining Industry: Revenues, Resentment and Overregulation?
Tanzania’s young mining industry has grown at an astounding rate since liberal mining legislation was introduced in the late 1990s to attract investment. But against the background of tense relations between mining companies and locals, …
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Cynthia Carroll on the rack – but things may be looking up for the Anglo CEO
With the reporting season ahead, Anglo American’s embattled CEO will have her chance to report how her strategy to change the conservative mega-miner’s culture and performance is succeeding.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=86732&sn=Detail.…
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Root out bribery to protect the poor and most vulnerable in developing countries
A new Draft Bill to go before Parliament could significantly enforce wide powers to investigate and prosecute British companies committing bribery overseas.
CAFOD welcomes the publication of the Joint Parliamentary Committee report on the Draft …
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Indonesia investors eye BHP Billiton coal project
JAKARTA (Reuters) – About four Indonesian investors are interested in taking over a coal project owned by BHP Billiton Ltd (BHP.AX), a senior government mining official said. BHP Billiton said on June 9 month that …
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Rio Tinto’s associate Ivanhoe faces further delay in Mongolia
In the latest installment of the on-going saga, Ivanhoe has received yet another set-back from the Mongolian government in its effort to push through the Oyu Tolgoi project. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9372.…
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Vedanta to go ahead with mining sacred Orissa hill
British mining giant Vedanta said on Tuesday it is going ahead with plans to mine a bauxite-rich hillside in Orissa considered sacred land by local tribals, and urged two international NGOs to give up their …
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Tribal leader appeals to Vedanta shareholders to oppose Indian mine
Protesters lined up outside the annual meeting of British mining company Vedanta Resources on Monday to put pressure on its shareholders over plans to mine bauxite on a tribal community’s sacred land in India.
As …
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Worldwide protests against Vedanta
The Global Campaign Against Vedanta has issued the following press release. See below for message of support from Arundhati Roy, further reports, and press releases from ActionAid and Survival International.
PRESS RELEASE
GLOBAL DAY OF …
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