In what seems to be a striking decision on behalf of community activists trying to resist damage and displacement, a magistrate in South Africa’s Limpopo Province has dismissed charges laid against three women brought before …
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Women win South African court case brought by Anglo Platinum
Anglo American associate searches seabed
Nautilus Minerals, in which Anglo American holds an 11% stake, has contracted an exploration vessel to look for seafloor minerals in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
See http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/story.htm?id=20097.…
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Ghana: AngloGold Ashanti condemned for demolishing village
The people of Teberebie near Tarkwa have many complaints against AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine. Some of the complaints include allegations of pollution of rivers, conflicts around the dumping of rock waste on community farms and …
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More civilians murdered at Freeport – Rio Tinto’s mine in West Papua
Gunmen fired last Wednesday at vehicles operated by U.S. mining company Freeport in Indonesia’s impoverished Papua province, injuring two guards and a policeman in the latest attack on the world’s largest gold mine, police said.…
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Rio Tinto gets sidelined in Guinea
The “cat and mouse” game between Rio Tinto – global number two iron ore producer – and the Guinean regime continues, over control of what the UK company claims is the world’s biggest “undeveloped” iron …
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BHP unties a reef knot; questions remain
The world’s biggest mining company is selling a nickel refinery whose ore has come from an allegedly highly-polluting Indonesian mine.
A Queensland University research study claims that the mine’s tailings are smothering one of the …
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Lethal threat from asbestos fibres “seriously underestimated”, say scientists
LONDON – Medical researchers have warned that the harmful and deadly effects that asbestos fibres cause may have been seriously underestimated. The caution comes at a time when thousands of people with asbestos-related illnesses are …
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