Six people were wounded Sunday in a shooting ambush near US company Freeport McMoRan’s massive gold and copper mine in Indonesia’s eastern Papua region, police said. Three policemen and three mine workers were hurt in the ambush on a convoy of buses and...
Their 7-point demands include passing a bill in the Bangladesh Parliament barring export of natural resources, cancelling the proposed model production-sharing contract (PSC) with foreign oil companies, ditching open-pit coal mining and expelling Asia Energy. Asia...
Despite the relative poverty of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, the local authorities have decided that the proposed Reko Diq mine will not make things better. The company involved, Antofagasta plc, while controlled by Chilean capital, is listed in London and...
Taking note of the industrialisation boom and Orissa’s fast-paced economic growth, the UK has begun to explore trade and investment opportunities in the State. It has identified sectors like metals and minerals, mining, advanced engineering, infrastructure and...
The struggle continues for trade union rights for contract workers at Colombia’s vast mining complex, Carbones del Cerrejón. ICEM mining affiliate Sintracarbón has been fighting to organize the contract workers at the mine. ICEM is the International Federation of...