During the annual general meeting (AGM) of mining company Barrick Gold in Toronto (Canada), on 27 April, Friends of the Earth International supported a loud call from communities around the world for a halt to …
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HudBay loses out to Mayan community in Guatemala
Guatemala’s highest court has made a precedent-setting decision in favor of a small Maya Q’eqchi’ indigenous community of Agua Caliente in Izabal province, by recognising their right to land that is occupied by Canada’s HudBay …
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Indian Supreme Court gives Vedanta a month on Niyamgiri
The Supreme Court has given a month’s time to the Centre, the Orissa government and UK-based Vedanta’s Indian arm Sterlite Industries on the challenge made by the state’s mining corporation to the cancellation of environmental …
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Mining to Undermine Access to Land in Africa
Abdulai Darimani urges a shift from aid-driven approaches to Africa’s economic development to a transformative agenda forged by concerted social action. Otherwise, he says, Africans will fail to escape from persistent exploitation.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10858…
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Rio seals Guinea iron ore deal
Mining giant Rio Tinto says it will pay the government of Guinea $US700 million ($A652.4m) after reaching an agreement to resolve all outstanding disputes over blocks three and four of its Simandou iron ore project. …
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Rio Tinto buys CSN’s Riversdale stake for $830m
Brazilian steelmaker CSN struck a deal to sell its 19.9 percent stake in Australian coal miner Riversdale to mining giant Rio Tinto for A$780 million ($830 million), according to a securities filing.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=125491&sn=Detail.…
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Rio Tinto withdraws from uranium prospecting in Jordan
One of the largest mining companies in the world has withdrawn from uranium prospecting in the southern region, citing unsatisfactory initial exploration results, the Kingdom’s state-run energy firm announced on Tuesday. British-Australian firm Rio Tinto …
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Rio Tinto – the movie
Activists came to London from Indonesia, California, Michigan and Utah for the Rio Tinto AGM on 14 April. Watch this fifteen minute video to find out about their complaints against the company, why they wanted …
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Northern Dynasty looks to sell Pebble stake
One half of the Pebble Limited Partnership – the half that includes Rio Tinto - is looking to sell.
The Pebble Partnership, which involves Northern Dynasty (in which Rio Tinto is a major shareholder) and Anglo …
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Anglo gives activist Botha the boot
Anglo American officials prevented shareholder activist Theo Botha from attending the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) in London because they were unable to confirm that Botha had a “valid right of entry to the AGM”. …
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Report on the Anglo American AGM, 21 April 2011
Of the three largest mining companies with London AGMs, (the other two being BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto), Anglo American is perhaps most adept at managing criticism and containing dissent.
Faced with a large delegation …
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