Posts tagged "Australia"

Australia’s mining reforms have gone distinctly “down under”

The Labor-held federal Australian government recently presented its much-awaited 2012 budget. And what a mess of potage it turns out to be! According to Rob Burgess of the Business Spectator, the country’s mining sector “currently …
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Protesters want Rio Tinto off the Olympic podium

A protest against London 2012 sponsor Rio Tinto, which has supplied the metal to make the Olympic and Paralympic medals, welcomed the company’s shareholders yesterday in Brisbane, Australia, where  the Australian annual meeting of the …
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London Calling muses on the future of Mining’s Giants

Two of the world’s three biggest mining companies – BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto – are currently “dialing down their risks and the pace of their previous dash for growth”. This is in order that …
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Xstrata parody leaves mining giant fuming yet again

EFFORTS by coal giant Xstrata to purge a parody mining commercial from video site YouTube have backfired, reigniting interest in the months-old clip. The commercial, created as part of a union campaign by former Chaser …
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Aboriginal elder loses bid to overturn expansion of BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam

An Australian Aboriginal elder has lost his challenge to the federal government’s approval of expansion of the world’s biggest uranium mine. Kevin Buzzacott had argued that insufficient consideration had been paid to the operation’s long-term …
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BHP Billiton’s move against Aboriginal elder ‘punitive and vindictive’

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1st May 2012

DEMOCRACY AT A PRICE: DECISION BY BHP BILLITON AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEEK COSTS FROM ARABUNNA ELDER PUNITIVE AND VINDICTIVE

The Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) …
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BHP Billiton wants money from Aboriginal elder

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MINING GIANT SEEKS COSTS FROM ARABUNNA ELDER AFTER RULING ON CHALLENGE TO FEDERAL APPROVAL OF THE OLYMPIC DAM EXPANSION

In a packed courtroom today Justice Besanko dismissed Uncle Kevin …
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Union sets April 12 date for next stoppage at BHP Australia coal mines

The coal mines, operated by the BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance JV, will be hit by a two-day work stoppage on April 12, union officials said.

See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=148860&sn=Detail&pid=92730.…
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Massive demonstration in support of Rio Tinto’s locked-out workers

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Alma in Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec, to demand an end to the lockout and to fight for the preservation of jobs at the Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) smelter. …
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BHP Billiton declares force majeure

The world’s biggest miner, BHP Billiton, is declaring force majeure at its coal mines in Australia’s Bowen Basin due to prolonged union strikes and heavy rain, the company said on Monday, in a move that …
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Taxing Questions have Few Answers

How on earth can taxing carbon emissions save the planet, without a drastic cutback in our reliance on coal? That’s a question which hasn’t yet been addressed by one of the world’s biggest thermal coal …
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Xstrata Wins Approval for Biggest Australian Coal Mine

Xstrata Plc, the world’s largest exporter of power-station coal, won court approval to build the A$6 billion ($6.3 billion) Wandoan coal mine in Australia that opponents say threatens the Great Barrier Reef. Carmel MacDonald, president …
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