Jeremy Corbyn MP and others have tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the UK Government to support the demands of communities affected by the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia, jointly owned by London-listed mining …
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Please urge your MP to sign Early Day Motion 2396 on Cerrejon Coal
Oppenheimers flog De Beers stake to Anglo American
Shining under the blazing African sun, diamonds have an allure consummate with their high price and beauty. For Anglo American, a Fortune 500 globally diversified miner, the opportunity to get their hands on some more …
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Codelco locks horns with Anglo over option
Chilean copper giant Codelco is on a collision course with Anglo American, insisting it has the right to buy up to 49 percent of the miner’s south Chilean assets even after a surprise stake sale.…
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Australia Passes Landmark Carbon Price Laws
Australia passed landmark laws last week to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade and injecting new impetus into December’s global climate talks in South Africa.…
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Anglo American may pull investments, jobs
In a move intended to pressure the Australian federal government to revise the proposed carbon tax, global miner Anglo American has threatened to withhold over $15 billion in coal mining investments and curtail 3,200 new …
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‘Our suffering is for ever’, mined-out town tells De Beers in South Africa
Residents of Hondeklipbaai, a small community in coastal northwest South Africa, has lodged a land claim against the world’s largest diamond mining company, Anglo-De Beers.
The community is angered that the company has reneged on …
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Alaska voters say no to gold, copper mine
Can a small local government hold back a large-scale development, despite much bigger political and corporate forces being ranged against it?
That’s the question facing voters in Southwest Alaska’s Lake & Peninsula Borough who last …
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Australian coal blasting stopped until risk ‘acceptable’
The Queensland government in Australia has suspended blasting operations at a coal mine accused of having caused toxic gases to fall on a residential neighbourhood. Not only do these gases pose major health threats to …
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Australia passes its carbon act
The Australian government hast passed its “carbon tax” legislation, marking the first time that a major industrialised state has attempted to price, and place a cap on, its greenhouse gas emissions. Acrimonious debate around the …
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Dutch masters of tax avoidance
A recent report by Publish What You Pay singled out Norway as a favoured European “secrecy jurisdiction” for extractive industry corporates, but the Netherlands isn’t far behind. Schiphol airport is home to AA Holdings Argentina …
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Deep sea mining to begin in Papua New Guinea next year
A lawyer with a division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community says deep-sea mineral exploration and mining will be hugely beneficial to the Pacific Islands.
Hannah Lily, who’s with the Secretariat of the Pacific …
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UK companies wage coal war on Peace River
Xstrata to acquire Canadian metallurgical coal deposit
Xstrata Coal has entered into an agreement to acquire the Lossan metallurgical coal deposit in British Columbia, Canada, from Cline Mining for C$40m ($38.45m). The coal deposit is …
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