Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has staked her minority government’s future on passing the laws, which would force around 500 big polluting companies to pay for carbon emissions through a A$23 ($23.75) per tonne carbon …
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Australia PM introduces controversial carbon laws
Glencore’s sorry record of fatalities and fines
The world’s largest commodities trader – and one of the mightiest of miners – has published its first-ever sustainability report, many years after the company was established.
It makes for sober – if not shocking …
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BHP bypasses unions after 11 deals in 9 months are rejected
The Australian reports BHP Mitsubishi’s decision to bypass unions by seeking a direct employee ballot on a new three-year enterprise agreement takes the world’s number one miner into deeply uncharted industrial relations waters.
See http://www.mining.com/2011/09/12/bhp-bypasses-unions-after-11-deals-in-9-months-are-rejected/…
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Cerrejon Coal: Responsible Mining?
London Mining Network member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign has sent a delegation to Colombia to visit a number of mining-affected communities.
Among the communities visited have been those suffering as a result of the expansion …
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Australia’s carbon tax debate ignites
New report demolishes mining industry claims
Australia’s coal mining giants are trying to scare the life out of its citizens over the impacts on jobs and investments from the recently-proposed nationwide carbon tax. The proposal …
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BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion
Information provided by Friends of the Earth, Adelaide
The Federal and South Australian Governments are currently considering the final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. This is the last …
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Escondida contract workers to file lawsuit against management
Contract workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine in northern region II will submit a lawsuit against management for anti-union practices.
Since its creation at the beginning of June, Escondida’s contract workers federation – which is …
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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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BHP posts mining industry’s biggest-ever profits
But the “Big Australian” is dogged by criticism
It’s currently one of the most successful companies anywhere, with a market capitalisation that puts it among the world’s top five corporations.
But, as London-listed BHP Billiton …
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BHP Billiton to invest $437m to expand Colombian coal mine
Mining and oil company BHP Billiton will invest $437m to expand the Cerrejon Coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. The company’s investment represents one third of the $1,311m expansion to be undertaken by Cerrejon Coal, …
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