What we do
…also work with groups challenging gold and uranium mining in Spain, and West Papuan and Indonesian groups opposing the Grasberg mine in West Papua, part owned by London-listed Rio Tinto….
Attacks on mining critics, and Marikana anniversary
…of Grasberg, while Rio Tinto sheds its stake 7) Open letter to Cerrejon Coal 8) ‘We’ve suffered enough’: Durham locals fight new open-cast coal mine 9) Protests against Antofagasta at…
Vedanta, and the Thoothukudi massacre
…is planning to withdraw from its involvement in Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Indonesian-controlled West Papua but this may not shield it from the continuing controversy over the appalling impacts of…
Rio Tinto about to offload stake in Grasberg mine for $3.5 billion
World No.2 miner Rio Tinto confirmed on Wednesday that it is ready to sell its stake in the giant Grasberg mine, the world’s second largest copper operation, to Indonesia’s state…
Renewable energy, and class actions
…mine “tailings” they tip into rivers around their Grasberg copper mine. The dumping of mine waste into oceans has, for some years, been condemned by groups around the world. Now…