London mining Network member group Down to Earth organised a ‘Deadly Coal’ tour in Europe for activists from JATAM, the Indonesian network against destructive mining.
Siti Maemunah and Kahar visited Brussels, the Netherlands, London, Edinburgh …
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The world’s most profitable mining company, BHP Billiton, came in for varied criticisms at its London annual shareholder meeting last week. The “Big Australian”s failure to implement promises in Colombia; potential damage from a planned …
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A long-standing conflict, and labyrinthine legal process, over construction of a huge tailings dam in Northern Chile, has forced residents opposing the project to take direct action.
London-listed mining company Antofagasta PLC owns the Los …
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The government of Saskatchewan is expected to announce it will not support BHP Billiton’s hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, due to fears of substantial revenue loss.
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Within a fortnight of the dramatic rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners, the reality behind this much-heralded event is being stripped from the official hyperbole. Last week, one Chilean politician claimed that the workers had been …
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India’s Supreme Court has stayed hearing of the case, leveled by environmental groups in Tamil Nadu, against Vedanta-Sterlite’s allegedly highly polluting Tuticorin copper smelter.
Although The Hindu newspaper reports this as a “relief” for Vedanta, …
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In another setback to Vedanta Aluminium’s Orissa ambitions, the Environment Ministry has rejected its plan to expand its Lanjigarh refinery six-fold and directed the State government to take legal action against the company for illegally …
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Orissa Minerals and Rio Tinto first signed a multi-billion dollar iron ore joint venture agreement in 1995 which never amounted to anything, now 15 years later they are trying again.
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Über mining promoter Robert Friedland is circling the financial wagons, preparing to stave off a future takeover of Ivanhoe Mines and its Oyu Tolgoi project by mega-miner Rio Tinto.
Robert Friedland clearly drew a line …
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LANDOWNERS of the Panguna copper mine, who went to war in 1988 over what they claimed then was utter disrespect and disregard for their existence and welfare, are claiming the same maltreatment as the National …
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On behalf of the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), we send you warm greetings and present you with another opportunity to stand in …
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