Leaving Australia's coal in the ground

Leaving Australia's coal in the ground

…Chinese Government would place an absolute cap on emissions in the next five-year plan. UK-linked companies mining coal in Australia include Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore Xstrata and Rio Tinto….

Leaving Australia's coal in the ground

Leaving Australia’s coal in the ground

…Chinese Government would place an absolute cap on emissions in the next five-year plan. UK-linked companies mining coal in Australia include Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore Xstrata and Rio Tinto….

Philippines: Earth Day protests focus on mining

Philippines: Earth Day protests focus on mining

Earth Day celebrations in the Philippines focused on mining. At Glencore Xstrata‘s much disputed Tampakan mine, one of the civil society opponents of the mine has been arrested (or abducted)…

Philippines: Earth Day protests focus on mining

Glencore Xstrata taps ex-BP man as chairman

Tony Hayward – who garnered media headlines as the head of BP during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill – is to take the chairman position at Glencore, The Telegraph reports….