Tata owns steelmaking operations in the Netherlands and the UK and also owns Tetley Tea. Eminent Indian panel finds Tata Mundra poses high social, environmental, economic risks Tata’s Mundra proposed thermal power project in the Indian state of Gujarat has been...
Coal kills. Don’t take it from us; that’s what International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde told a Washington, D.C., audience recently, noting that coal pollution is responsible for 70,000 premature deaths each year in India alone. Shockingly, that...
The 2nd Press Release from the Loose Anti Opencast Network contains new evidence on why opencast mining may endanger peoples health. It also gives an update on the prospects for Carbon Capure and Storage of Carbon Dioxide Gas and its potential impact on planning...
Frank Timis, who had been running the iron ore miner since May, will become non-executive chairman when Keith Calder take over the reins as the new CEO. Shares in the company rose as much as 11 percent and were among the top percentage gainers on the London Stock...
Early in 2012, St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick faculty members and students in Canada organized a speakers’ series under the umbrella of the Occupy Movement. The lectures drew on the research expertise of faculty and focused on themes of social...
Alma, QC, Steelworkers Hailed as Heroes in International Labour Movement The United Steelworkers (USW) and its global allies are hailing the end of Rio Tinto’s six-month lockout of aluminum smelter workers in Alma, Quebec, as a great victory for the workers and...
