• Sacred mountain bauxite will be used for missiles
• Campaigners press for ethical rethink on share stake
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/aug/02/vedanta-mining-environment-development.
This information was in fact published no less than eight years ago by the …
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The United States Federal Court again rejected arguments from Rio Tinto in a massive human rights claim brought by South Pacific islanders claiming the world’s largest mining company conspired with the government of Papua New …
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China’s security watchdog has accused mining giant Rio Tinto of spying on Chinese steel companies for six years, extorting $122 billion from them in the process. The report, by China’s National Administration for the Protection …
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Jacques Nasser, the former Ford supremo, who acquired the nickname for his controversial cost-cutting efforts at the carmaker, is going to chair BHP Billiton as it completes the merger of its Australian iron-ore business with …
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A government official has confirmed that BHP Billiton is planning to sell its interest in a big Borneo coal project.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page38?oid=87264&sn=Detail.…
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It has always been a match made in peril: One of the biggest copper and gold mines in the world, 50% owned by Anglo American [and with a smaller involvement by Rio Tinto], perched in …
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In reporting a fall in underlying earnings per share of US 91 cents, Anglo American has beaten analysts’ forecasts as its cost cutting programme begins to have an impact and metal prices have recovered from …
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The Mines and Communities website (http://www.minesandcommunities.org) has published a collection of articles about lead and the dangers posed by its mining, processing, transportation and use.
“As lead is all around us, it is …
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Mining industry organisation International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has published “Human Rights in the Metals and Mining Industry: Overview, Management Approach and Issues”, the first in a line of publications which, it says, …
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URGENT ACTION!
From the human rights team of the Process of Black Communities and other organisations:
6th August is the date fixed for the eviction of the black community in La Toma, in the Suárez …
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Last month, Vedanta was indicted on several acts of pollution at its smelter in Orissa. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9388.
It’s also being accused of illegal land acquisition for the same project. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9385.
Meanwhile the …
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Church of England to meet Vedanta management on Niyamgiri
A persistent campaign by activists to stop Vedanta from mining in Orissa’s Niyamgiri mountains for bauxite has got a boost from the Church. The Church of …
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