Comment: How coal companies are trying to revive zombie opencast mines in Wales
Guy Shrubsole, a climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, is reporting from Varteg in Wales.
Colombia Resident Says Cerrejon Coal Mine is a Health Risk
The Australian, U.K. and Swiss companies behind the mine say they practice responsible mining but a local resident says they’ve done nothing for her sick child.
Amplats bid to buy peace around prized South African mine may backfire
Anglo American Platinum’s bid to appease a community near its most profitable South African mine may unravel, highlighting the challenges of managing flashpoints of social unrest while trying to shore up its balance sheet.
South African miners must pay 67% of acid drainage clean-up costs
South Africa is planning to charge mining companies about 67% of the cost for cleaning up toxic water pollution caused by their century-long operations in Gauteng, the country’s richest province that includes Johannesburg.
The British Army's Secret Plan to Prop Up South Africa's Ruling Party – and UK mining company Lonmin
“It is outrageous if the UK Ministry of Defence is getting involved in planning how to ensure that one particular party retains power in South Africa,” said campaigner Richard Solly, co-ordinator of the London Mining Network. “It is another example of the UK government’s policy of supporting British mining companies and lobbying overseas governments for favours for those companies, even when there are huge concerns about their impacts on communities, the environment and human rights.”