Down the Yellowcake Road

From Exploration to fuel production, this documentary relates the contamination, water consumption, waste generation, costs to the American taxpayer through government subsidies, health impacts,and the CO2 emissions that are caused by the front end of the nuclear fuel...

BHP Billiton isn't putting another nickel in

Recently there’s been some speculation that BHP Billiton – the world’s biggest mining company – may be about to exit from nickel production. In 2008, it pulled out of the Gag Island project in West Papua. See:...

Women sue BHP Billiton mine in Canada for discrimination

Two women who say they suffered harassment and gender discrimination while training to work at the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories have launched a $10-million lawsuit against the mine owners and their trainers. Diane Taylor and Laura Lorenzen have...

Review of a BHP Billiton bauxite project in Suriname

The Independent Review of SRK’s Impact Assessment of Suriname’s Bakuis Bauxite Mine has four goals. First, to help people who may be impacted by the Bakhuis bauxite project to understand what the impacts may be, how to prevent or minimize these impacts,...

Rio Tinto's Q4 iron-ore output jumps 49%

Diversified giant Rio Tinto’s iron-ore output surged by 49% in the fourth quarter of 2009, as a result of continued high demand from China, CE Tom Albanese reported. “In the Pilbara [region] we achieved record sales for both the quarter and the full year and both...

Rio executives detained in China to learn fate

Australian Stern Hu and three other detained Rio Tinto executives will find out on Monday if their pre-trial investigation will continue or if they’ll soon go to court. The four detained executives from Rio Tinto’s Shanghai office are being held on charges...

CAFOD and Goldcorp

Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC, according to the document From Money to Metals by...