Last October, Wayuu Indigenous leader Karmen Ramirez Boscan was in London as a guest of London Mining Network member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign. She came to Britain for the AGM of mining multinational BHP …
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Request for urgent action to support Colombian Indigenous leaders
Church attacks Tampakan mine owners for lack of transparency after school burning
An elementary school in the Philippines has burned down in mysterious circumstances, and people suspect it will be used to escalate militarisation as local indigenous communities are increasingly objecting to the company’s plans. The Tampakan …
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Australian coal miners call 3-day strike against Xstrata
It may have been announced as only a three-day strike at a relatively small colliery. However, discontent by Australian workers with UK-Swiss mining giant, Xstrata, has been boiling throughout the past year. Earlier this month, …
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Ministry Blasts ‘Illegal’ Freeport Mining
The increasingly frustrated Indonesian Ministry of Forestry has issued a second warning to mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia for not obtaining a permit to mine in protected forest areas. London-listed Rio Tinto helped to finance …
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Anglo American financial news
Anglo American beats earnings forecasts but stops short of reinstating dividends
The group posted a 51% drop in annual earnings per share on the back of weaker metal prices and said the resumption of dividend …
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Australian regulator wants more time to review Rio/BHP JV
Australia’s competition regulator has asked for additional information before it makes a decision on whether or not the proposed $116bn iron ore joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton may go ahead.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page39?oid=98948&sn=Detail&pid=92730…
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New BHP Chairman to take the reins on March 30
Jac Nasser will replace Don Argus, who is retiring after 10 years as chairman of the diversified miner.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=99551&sn=Detail&pid=92730.…
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21 injured, 61 arrested in South African protest against BHP Billiton
Twenty-one people were injured and 61 were arrested in Ogies, Mpumalanga, on Thursday in protests against BHP Billiton – the second violent action targeting a mining company in the past two weeks, police said. They …
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Judge Suspends Yamana’s Agua Rica Project After Clashes in Andalgala, Argentina
One of the most controversial mining projects in Argentina, already affected by the economic crisis last year, has been halted by a court order after protests and clashes in the town of Andalgalá, Catamarca province. …
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Robbing Africans
An African faith coalition publishes a detailed examination of the ways in which citizens are defrauded of mining profits. The document refers particularly to AngloGold Ashanti, which has a subsidiary listing on the London …
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INDIA: Indigenous Groups Step Up Protests Over Vedanta Mining Project
BHUBASNEWAR, India, Feb 23, 2010 (IPS) – When 5,000 indigenous Dongria Kondhs trekked Sunday to Niyam Dongar hill, the abode of their presiding deity Niyam Raja, and designated it as inviolate, it meant they were …
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