Orissa’s state government has suspended action to forcibly remove villagers resisting the takeover of their land for POSCO’s massive iron and steel project.
Meanwhile, however, the company has started construction elsewhere on another part of …
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The London-based World Gold Council said Friday that it had drafted framework standards designed to combat gold that enables, fuels or finances armed conflict. The draft standards which were orchestrated with WGC member companies and …
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Channel 4’s current affairs programme Dispatches has gone undercover to investigate the gold sold through some of the high street’s biggest jewellery retailers. The programme was presented by Deirdre Bounds, who went campaigning on the …
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Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in Guatemala is getting to be the most criticised in Latin America – and one of the most divisive too. International bodies are lining up to demand a close down, while Goldcorp …
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Communities in the Transkei Wildcoast’s Xolobeni area have successfully pressured the government to halt mining operations in the area. This victory was marked by Minerals Minister Susan Shabangu’s landmark decision to withdraw the right to …
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Mining giant Rio Tinto is expected to face court in the Northern Territory over a petrol spill at its alumina refinery on the Gove Peninsula, about 1,000 kilometres east of Darwin.
In June last year, …
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Although dealing with a Canadian junior company, people are calling for a full investigation into the murder of Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, the fourth such death in two years that local organizations believe are linked …
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One of India’s leading social activists – well known for his opposition to unacceptable mining projects – has been arrested on what appear to be trumped-up charges.
A north Indian religious leader, who led his …
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Villagers confront the country’s biggest minerals project
Last week we reported on the resistance by hundreds of villagers, seeking to prevent seizure of their land and betel nut groves in Orissa. They are literally lying …
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has frozen all new loans to Glencore and its subsidiaries, citing “serious concerns” over the group’s corporate governance. The allegations center on claims that the world’s largest metals commodities’ trader …
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The environmental and human rights organization CEDHA along with two other environmental groups, lodged a complaint today against Xstrata Copper in Australia, accusing the multinational mining company of destroying glaciers and permafrost in two of …
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