Copenhagen Accord: A Bad Deal Waiting to Happen
Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines, Inc. (CEC), Kalikasan-PNE Statement, 20 December 2009
The climate negotiation in the Fifteenth Conference of Parties (COP 15) in Copenhagen has come to …
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Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, is no stranger to the critique of BEE (Black Economic Empowerment). Five years ago, he dubbed BEE ” a device for white-dominated corporations to build …
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The board of Peruvian copper-zinc producer Minera Antamina has approved a US$1.29bn expansion project, the mine’s owners announced Tuesday. London-listed BHP Billiton and Xstrata and Canada’s Teck separately reported the plan to go ahead with …
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Secretive Switzerland-based commodities trader Glencore started laying the groundwork for a possible £21.9billion-plus flotation with the £1.4billion sale of bonds that could be converted into shares. A stock market listing would net hefty windfalls for …
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Human rights investigators in India have been harassed and intimidated by large gangs of men apparently paid to stop any outsiders reaching the site of a controversial proposed mine in India. The men, known locally …
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London Mining Network’s sister organisation in Canada has posted its winter newsletter online at http://www.miningwatch.ca/en/newsletter-categories/newsletters/newsletter-27-winter-2009-2010.
Of particular interest is its coverage of Bill C-300, a private member’s Bill being discussed in the Canadian Parliament. …
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BHP Billiton has pulled out of a $2 billion nickel project in the southern Philippines after selling its 40 percent stake to a local partner. The project was BHP’s only mining venture in the Southeast …
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Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto last month signed a $116 billion iron ore joint venture agreement to combine their Western Australian iron ore operations. The agreement brings together two of the world’s three …
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