In a highly unusual move, India’s Prime Minister has intervened directly in the approval process for one of the world’s most controversial mines.
The office of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has written to the …
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Vedanta’s controversial mine gets backing of India’s PM
A different kind of red terror
Vedanta’s alumina refinery in Orissa blithely continues to pollute the surrounding villages, despite the recommendations of the Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee that it be closed since it poses environmental and health hazards…
See http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/06/27/stories/2010062750150400.htm…
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British Government’s DfID pushes mining in India
The final part of the Dodgy Development: DFID in India series by Eshwarappa M and Richard Whittell, published by Corporate Watch over the past few months, focuses on the British government’s Department for International Development’s …
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Downside in scramble for coal in Mozambique
Eight power plants in India, and three steel factories in China, are said to be ‘screaming for product’ from a major newly-exploited coal field in Mozambique. Two Indian groups – Jindal and Coal India – …
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Michigan Congressman speaks out against Rio Tinto mining project
“While drilling for oil and gas is banned in the Great Lakes, other actions still threaten our waters. Mining has been done safely to the benefit of the Upper Peninsula economy for generations, but the …
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Papuans March on Provincial Capital to Demand Independence
An estimated 2,000 Papuans took to the streets of provincial capital Jayapura to demand independence from Indonesia, days after a local council called for the province’s special autonomy to be revoked because of its perceived …
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IMF backs mining tax
The International Monetary Fund has given its support to the Australian Federal Government’s planned resource super profits tax. The deputy head of tax policy at the IMF Philip Daniel has told a tax conference in …
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Overdue diligence
by Adrienne Margolis, IBA (international Bar Association)
Businesses in the extractive industries are raising their game when it comes to human rights, but there’s some way to go yet.
This article gives some case studies …
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Mercosur unhappy with EU mining rules on cyanide content
With weeks to go before the start of new Mercosur-EU talks on creating a free trade zone, the two sides clashed as they met in the Argentine capital to advance cooperation in mining trade. Officials …
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Xstrata and partners in the Philippines
Indophil seeks new buyer for Tampakan copper-gold project
INDOPHIL Resources is seeking a buyer for its stake in the Tampakan copper-gold project in the Philippines after China’s Zijin Mining Group abandoned a takeover bid for …
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Climate change after the talks in Bonn
Bonn Climate Negotiations
The recent UN climate talks in in Bonn have at least moved on from the fiasco at Copenhagen. However, the draft text that emerged at the end of the talks is still …
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