London-based Anglo American is disrespecting the rule of law when criticizing the Chilean attorney general office’s criminal investigation into the sale of a 24.5% stake in its assets in central Chile, state copper producer Codelco’s …
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Anglo American disrespecting rule of law, FTC president says – Chile
Court orders Anglo American to reveal contract with Mitsubishi
A Chilean court has ordered London-based Anglo American to reveal the contract under which it sold a 24.5% stake in its central Chile assets to Japan’s Mitsubishi. The court order follows a legal action filed …
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IACHR’s lenience towards Goldcorp is criticised by NGOs
Goldcorp is a Canadian company. Among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd., Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc and City Natural High Yield Trust plc.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), …
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Anglo American sues Codelco over breach of contract
Anglo American said on 22 December that it had filed a writ with Santiago’s Court of Appeals, suing the Chilean firm for breach of contract in a dispute over its south Chilean assets.
Codelco, the …
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Collahuasi withdraws EIS for US$173mn water transfer project
Chilean miner Collahuasi has withdrawn an environmental impact study (EIS) submitted on November 18 for a US$173mn water transfer system to supply its expansion project in Chile’s northern region I.
The EIS was undergoing the …
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Xstrata under fire on three continents
Protesters storm Xstrata’s London HQ
Protesters’ account and comments at N30, corporate greed, Xstrata and the right to protest, http://occupylsx.org/?p=1755.
See also:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15967800 and
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/30/occupy-activists-xstrata-hq-london
Xstrata’s Tampakan mine attacked by community in …
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Anglo American-Codelco spat worsens in Chile
Anglo American jeopardizing local investments, Codelco CEO says
London-based Anglo American is putting its future in Chile at risk by selling a 24.5% stake in its copper assets in central Chile to Japan’s Mitsubishi, according …
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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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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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Royalty debates revisit Latin American states
Three Latin American states are the envy of most other country in terms of the potential value of the major minerals that lie beneath their soil – particularly copper, iron ore and gold. Among developing …
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Two-week strike ends at Escondida in Chile
A strike at Escondida, the world’s biggest copper mine, started on July 21. It sparked stoppage threats at other mines across Chile, the globe’s’s top copper producer. (Workers at Collahuasi, the world’s third most productive …
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