Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC, according to the …
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CAFOD and Goldcorp
West Papua: Police slay Tribal Activist at world’s biggest copper-gold minesite
Last month, a legendary leader of the West Papua self-determination movement, OPM, was ambushed and shot dead by Indonesian police. Kelly Kwalik was accused of having “master-minded” recent fatal attacks on workers within the huge …
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Rio Tinto’s legacy in Bougainville
Two short video productions provide background and update
For background to this story, see http://londonminingnetwork.org/?s=Bougainville.
See recent video at Panguna Mine, Bougainville, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg6q7AGhmo8; some background to this video is provided by Radio …
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The European Commission’s unresolved revolving doors problem: Rio Tinto in the doorframe
In theory, Commission officials are required to request permission before going through the revolving door and the Commission can refuse or attach conditions before authorising the move. In practice, the Commission is far too easy-going …
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Nautilus Minerals stock rises after subsea miner awarded Papua New Guinea permit
Canadian undersea miner Nautilus Minerals Inc says it has received a final environmental permit for its Solwara 1 copper project off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The Toronto-based company said the permit from the …
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Anglo American subsidiary stopped from removing school in South Africa
Jubilee South Africa
11 January 2010
Press Release
Anglo Platinum stopped from removing Seritarita School
In the Mapela region, Anglo Platinum is trying to forge ahead with its plans to relocate the Seritarita School, much …
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Civil society groups call for Bold Steps forward with Equator Principles
Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
Nijmegen, January 14 2010
Close to a hundred civil society organisations from more than 25 countries* today sent an open letter to all banks and …
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Mines and Communities launches new webpage on mining and climate change
The global Mines and Communities network has introduced a new section to its unique website, dealing with mining and climate change.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/list.php?f=23.…
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Clean Coal? It’s an illusion!
“Carbon capture and storage” (CCS) is one of the prime “end of pipe” solutions being peddled around the world, supposedly to cope with the egregious impacts of burning coal. However “clean” may be a consignment …
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Carbon Trading: how it works and why it fails
Report from Carbon Trade Watch
Carbon trading lies at the centre of global climate policy and is projected to become one of the world’s largest commodities markets, yet it has a disastrous track record since …
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Nuclear power no solution to climate change
Helen Caldicott Slams Environmental Groups on Climate Bill, Nuclear Concessions
Dr. Helen Caldicott, the pioneering Australian antinuclear activist and pediatrician who spearheaded the global nuclear freeze movement of the 1980s and co-founded Physicians for Social …
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