Rights activists and residents have accused the Canadian owners of Guatemala’s largest gold mine of exploiting local communities. Most worrying, they say, is the use of highly toxic cyanide to separate gold particles from the …
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Goldcorp’s Guatemala mine ‘exploiting’ locals
Rio Tinto Alcan pleased with government support for aluminium plant in Paraguay
Executives from Canadian-based Rio Tinto subsidiary Rio Tinto Alcan have expressed their satisfaction with the support it has received from the Paraguayan government to build a US$2.5bn aluminum smelter in the country, the Paraguayan presidential …
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Rio Tinto among “worst” transationals operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand
The Campaign against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (New Zealand) – CAFCA – has published a list of finalists for the Award of “The Worst Transnational Corporation” operating in the country in 2009 – the so-called …
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Vedanta flouted forest conservation norms, says report
Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests reports criticise Vedanta
India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests commissioned a study of possible violations by Vedanta Alumininum (controlled by the UK’s Vedanta Resources plc) at its Lanjigarh mine …
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Rio Tinto locks out US workers to break union
Labour War in the Mojave
The biggest hole in California, with the exception of the current state budget, is Rio Tinto’s huge open-pit mine at the town of Boron, near Edwards Air Force Base, eighty …
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Vedanta snubs British government again
Vedanta Resources has once again snubbed a British government investigation into its planned mine in Orissa, India, by labelling government calls for a change in its corporate behaviour ‘one-sided’, and urging it to ‘rest the …
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Vedanta kicks off breakup with $20bn aluminium float
London-listed Vedanta Resources is ready to begin a massive break-up of its business with the demerger of its $20bn (£13bn) aluminium division. The new firm will be the world’s fourth biggest aluminium player, behind Russia’s …
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Tribal India battles big business over land
Battles over forcible acquisition of agricultural land for industry are raging across India. In India’s tribal belt, indigenous tribes, known as adivasis, have upset the plans of corporate groups such as Vedanta, Tata Steel…
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Papua Tribe Files $32b Lawsuit Against Freeport
Papua’s Amungme tribe on Monday lodged a new class-action lawsuit against US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan seeking $32.5 billion in material and non-material damages for the alleged illegal acquisition of its ancestral land. The action, filed …
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Australia pleased with China report on failed Chinalco, Rio Tinto tie-up
The report by the Asian superpower said nether Rio Tinto or the Australian government were to blame for the collapse of the $19.5bn tie-up.
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Money spent on tar sands projects could decarbonise western economies
The £250bn cost of developing Canada’s controversial tar sands between now and 2025 could be used to decarbonise the western economy by funding ambitious solar power schemes in the Sahara or a European wide shift …
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