Kazakhstan’s parliament has approved a strict ecology bill, in a move expected to make some of the world’s leading metals miners spend more on treating their waste. Ashim told Reuters in an interview in March …
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Kazakhstan’s MPs Toughen Ecology Laws For Miners
Canadian First Nations condemn Rio Tinto-Alcan
Two native bands in British Columbia have accused Rio Tinto-Alcan of diverting water towards a massive aluminium smelter, thus causing a decline in their traditional stocks of fish.
Africa’s Energy Future Heading Down a Dark Tunnel
BHP Billiton’s proposed Inga 3 hyropower scheme in DR Congo, and its existing Mphanda Nkugwa dam in Mozambique – both designed to provide electricity for the company’s aluminium plants – come under fire from …
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Guinea Passes New Mining Code
New legislation promises to maximise revenues and tighten regulation.
Guinea’s new mining code, passed on September 9, promises to maximise the public revenues generated by foreign deposits and impose stricter regulations upon mining companies operating …
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Rio Tinto may get stung in Sulawesi …and pinched in Queensland
A giant black wasp has been identified as a new species, recently discovered in the Mekongga Mountains of Southeast Sulawesi. (The report at the link below mistakenly describes the mountain range as being in Southwest …
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Vedanta’s refinery expansion plan suffers another setback
Vedanta has suffered another setback in its fight-back to expand the aluminium refinery in Orissa after the Union environment ministry had struck down its environment clearance for violations.
The Cuttack bench of the Orissa High …
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Borneo tribe loses Bakun dam case: Rio Tinto implicated in deal
A tribal group in the Malaysian state of Sarawak has lost a decade-long struggle to assert that a massive government land seizure violated its rights. The tribe had tried to overturn a decision which opened …
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BHP, Rio, Corus sniffing around in Orissa
BHP Billiton is said to be making efforts to set up an alumina plant at Kalrapat in the Kalahandi district in the Indian state of Orissa. In this project, the London-listed company will have a …
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Amnesty International refutes Vedanta’s claims
In July 2011, Amnesty International issued a report, “Generalisations, omissions, assumptions: The failings of Vedanta’s Environmental Impact Assessments for its bauxite mine and alumina refinery in India’s state of Orissa”.
The Business & Human Rights …
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BHP Billiton weighs legal options after Eskom ruling
Mining group BHP Billiton was on Friday still considering the contents of a South Gauteng High Court ruling, which ordered that State-owned power utility Eskom should release information and records relating to electricity sales contracts …
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Lifestyles of the rich and famous
An introduction to NR Investments Ltd provides an expose of the connections between some wealthy British, Russian and Indonesian financiers, government representatives and celebrities, and destructive mining projects.
See http://moneytometal.org/index.php/NR_Investments_Ltd.…
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Vedanta AGM 27 July 2011
Anger erupted inside and outside Vedanta’s annual meeting on Wednesday as campaigners protested against the mining company’s environmental and human rights record.