Resistance by Pakistan’s Baluchistan provincial government to a mine proposal, submitted by UK-listed Antofagasta and Canada’s Barrick, seems to have succeeded. But this decision may open the way for Chinese companies to successfuly bid …
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Hunger Strikers Surpass Day 50, Accusing Mine Company Of Contamination
Over 100 demonstrators gathered outside of the La Moneda presidential palace in Chile to call attention to a hunger strike against London-listed mining company Antofagasta that had lasted nearly two months with minimal, if any, …
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Chilean Hunger Strikers Surpass Day 50, Accusing Mine Company Of Contamination
Eight men and three women have been on a hunger strike for the last 53 days, since Sept. 28, to protest at the dangerous tailings dam situation affecting their community of Caimanes, located in the Coquimbo …
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Chilean copper exports up 2.2% to 4.11Mt in first nine months
The local operations of Xstrata Copper, a subsidiary of London-listed Xstrata, saw exports increase 19.5% to 165,700t. Exports from Anglo American Chile’s northern operations – the Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde mines – jumped 42.3% …
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Hunger strike to stop British mining project in Chile
A long-standing conflict, and labyrinthine legal process, over construction of a huge tailings dam in Northern Chile, has forced residents opposing the project to take direct action.
London-listed mining company Antofagasta PLC owns the Los …
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Antofagasta Minerals continues Antucoya development as planned in Chile
Chilean miner Antofagasta Minerals, a subsidiary of London-based Antofagasta plc, is continuing to develop its Antucoya copper project as planned. See http://www.bnamericas.com/news/mining/Antofagasta_Minerals_continues_Antucoya_development_as_planned/206585863.…
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Balochistan halts $3.5bn copper project
Despite the relative poverty of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, the local authorities have decided that the proposed Reko Diq mine will not make things better. The company involved, Antofagasta plc, while controlled by Chilean …
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Bolivia and Chile battle for Silala water rights
“Water wars” don’t just occur between communities, governments and companies. The Bolivian and Chile administrations – hardly friends at the best of times – are now embroiled in arguments over which country has “rights” to …
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