The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate closure of Sterlite Industries’ copper smelting plant in Tuticorin, dealing yet another blow to the Vedanta Group’s operations in the country.
Justice Elipe Dharmarao and Justice …
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London Calling turns an Eagle eye on Rio Tinto
Is Rio Tinto breaking the law or not? Even if the company isn’t violating a Michigan state mining act and even if the current argument is …
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Rio Tinto asks US appeals court to dismiss Papua New Guinea human rights lawsuit
Mining giant Rio Tinto Plc tried to persuade an appeals court to dismiss a long running human rights lawsuit, one of a number of cases to test the reach of U.S. judges over corporations operating …
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Rio’s sights fixed on Ivanhoe and Mongolian mine
Rio Tinto is creeping its way towards control of Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines at a slow but relentless pace, drawing investors’ attentions away from a multi-billion dollar mining transaction that could be as significant for Rio …
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Native groups, fishermen seek to stop Anglo American/Rio Tinto mine in Alaska
A Native leader and fishing groups travelled to Washington to try to stop development of a huge copper and gold mine in southwest Alaska. The Pebble Mine is near some of the world’s most productive …
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Rio Says India Diamond Project Is Biggest Global Find in Decade
Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, said its Bunder project in India is the world’s biggest diamond discovery in the past 10 years. “It’s in a pre-feasibility study right now so a …
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ENRC to pay $670m to expand Brazilian iron ore presence
London-listed Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Plc has been on a takeover spree over the past year, using its cash pile to buy assets mostly in Africa to build up a broad-based mining house focused on …
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Anglo American board to review Quellaveco project in Peru before year-end
London-based Anglo American’s board is expected to approve the development of the Quellaveco copper project in southern Peru’s Moquegua region by year-end, according to Jose Fernandez-Baca, the company’s administration and finance manager in Peru. Anglo …
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Colombian rebels attack Cerrejon coal mine
Leftist guerrillas have sabotaged a number of mining vehicles at a mine owned by Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata in Colombia. The owners of the Cerrejon Norte mine said in a statement that armed …
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Reform don’t abolish ECGD, say debt campaigners
Jubilee Debt Campaign, which works for the cancellation of unpayable and unjust poor country debts, says it wants the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) reformed, not abolished. Responding to press reports that the ECGD is …
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Antofagasta Minerals continues Antucoya development as planned in Chile
Chilean miner Antofagasta Minerals, a subsidiary of London-based Antofagasta plc, is continuing to develop its Antucoya copper project as planned. See http://www.bnamericas.com/news/mining/Antofagasta_Minerals_continues_Antucoya_development_as_planned/206585863.…
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Australian activists close down largest coal port
Australian environment activists closed down operations at the world’s largest coal port on Sunday, after entering three terminals and attaching themselves to loaders, the terminal operator and the protesters said. Newcastle, just north of Sydney, …
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