Chile: Pipeline rupture and concentrate spill at Anglo American mine
Court declares admissible lawsuit brought against Anglo American.
Anglo shuts down Botswana coal operations
Anglo Coal will shut down its operations in Botswana following a strategic decision by parent company, Anglo American to divest out of all but three commodities.
Anglo American Platinum to cut 2 000 jobs
Anglo American Platinum started talks with unions over as many as 2,000 possible job cuts at two operations in South Africa after prices almost halved in five years.
Tensions mount between Eldorado Gold and Greek government
Greek Energy Minister Panos Skourletis says Eldorado Gold Corp. chief executive Paul Wright shorted the shares of his own company, comments the miner dismissed as “utter nonsense,” as tensions mount between the London-listed Canadian company and the government in Athens.
Community control in Colombia: to mine or not to mine, that is the question
In an unprecedented move, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, the newly-elected mayor of Ibagué (Colombia), has announced that a local referendum will be held on mining and related activities within the municipality. The referendum is expected to take place in May, in spite of bitter opposition from the mining lobby.