A new report shows existing U.S. hardrock mines (e.g. gold, copper, uranium) will pollute up to 27 billion gallons of fresh water per year, and cost as much as $67 billion per year to clean, …
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The real cost of mining: everlasting water pollution
Metals recycling needs bigger role in product design: U.N
Designers of everything from mobile phones to electric car batteries should make their products far easier to recycle to offset soaring demand for metals, two United Nations reports have recommended. Products should be made to …
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Launch of the Short Circuit Report
A new report, launched last Wednesday in Westminster by The Gaia Foundation and allies including London Mining Network, exposes the social and ecological atrocities and the toxic legacy of gadgets such as smartphones and laptops. From environmental …
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Rio Tinto: what it says and what it really does in India
Rio Tinto expects to reap massive profits from its new diamond venture at Bunder in Madhya Pradesh State in India. And it sees its work there as a model of good practice. But a recent …
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Update from Mongolia: herders fear water impacts of Rio Tinto’s river diversion
London Mining Network is part of an international coalition of organizations supporting traditional herders in Mongolia affected by Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi copper-silver-gold mine. One of the major concerns is the company’s plan to divert …
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Take action: stop Rio Tinto wrecking Mongolia!
Right now Mongolia has one of the world’s fastest growing economies because of the minerals it owns, but nearly a third of the population still lives in poverty. Mongolia could become one of those countries …
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BHP Billiton’s Australian AGM and alternative annual report
This year’s alternative annual report, BHP Billiton: Dirty Deeds, is available at http://bhpbillitonwatch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/bhp_report_2012.pdf.
Protesters gather outside BHP AGM in Sydney
The tenure of chief executive Marius Kloppers is expected to be at the …
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Tar sands oil may be coming to Britain
Tar sands ‘dirty oil’ could soon be coming to the UK
A new report published by the UK Tar Sands Network, Corporate Watch and Pembrokeshire Friends of the Earth reveals that US energy company Valero …
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