Peru’s great transformation – backwards Numerous social conflicts, especially over mining; arbitrary arrests of opponents; and the suspension of human rights, have followed in the wake of Ollanta Humala’s election as Peru’s president a year...
As Glencore fumes at the state takeover of its relatively-small Colquiri zinc-tin operation, one Bolivian expert says the government isn’t aiming to nationalise larger mines, “because it doesn’t have the ability to take charge of them”. See...
Colombia’s environmental licensing authority has rejected requests to modify permits for coal expansion projects including at top producers Drummond Co and Glencore International’s Prodeco unit over pollution worries, the body said. Colombia’s top...
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading UK-based law firm which, apart from being main legal advisor for the London 2012 Olympic Games organising committee, in February 2009 was appointed by Xstrata to handled its rights issue as the UK-Swiss company attempted to...
One week after its creation, IndustriALL Global Union announced its intention to shine a light on Rio Tinto’s unethical behaviour around the world, starting with the release of a report on the company’s operations in Africa. See...
Protesters take to the stage at Roundhouse over BP Olympics sponsorship On 27 June, members of the “Reclaim Shakespeare Company” jumped on stage and performed an anti-BP “guerrilla Shakespeare” skit in front of a theatre audience that included many BP employees. See...
