London Mining Network has long called for stricter oversight of mining companies listed in London: see our report and recommendations at http://londonminingnetwork.org/docs/lmn-the-case-for-stricter-oversight.pdf.
Rethink London listing rules after ENRC: top investor
The Government and regulators …
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A COAL export terminal worth $5 billion in New South Wales which would have created 1500 jobs has been put on hold after Hunter Valley coal producers pushed to reduce contract tonnages as market conditions …
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Dole not Coal
FOR the 590 miners who lost their jobs when Scottish Coal collapsed last month, there is a lot at stake this week. Liquidator KPMG looks likely to announce what will happen to …
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On Wednesday 24 April, 50 people took part in a demonstration and rally outside the annual general meeting of Drax Plc, in London, organised by Biofuelwatch and supported by 16 other groups including LMN and …
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The tiny Hunter Valley town has won a three-year battle against mining giant Rio Tinto, after a court ruling overturned a state-government endorsed decision to dig an open-cut coal mine next to the town. A …
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Rio Tinto recently wrote off some US$3 billion when the administration rejected its proposal to transport coal from its Riversdale mine along a major river. The UK company has also been confronted by vociferous opposition …
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Top UN climate change official Christiana Figueres said that it is ‘no longer necessary’ for the World Bank to rely on coal in its energy projects, saying that the organization should now focus on bringing …
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One third of RBS energy lending still goes to climate-trashing projects. The report looks solely at project funding, which excludes loans to companies involved in tar sands, or corporations who get coal by blasting the …
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Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) press release 2013-25, 24 April 2013
(See also information from Coal Action Scotland below this press release)
The collapse of the Scottish Coal Company has, according to those charged with …
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Read a report on Anglo American’s AGM on 19 April – including concerns raised by community representatives from Alaska, Colombia and South Africa, and the company’s responses.
Colombian community activist Julio Gomez, representing FECODEMIGUA, an alliance of communities displaced by the Cerrejon coal mine, attended the AGM of Anglo American yesterday. Watch a 3-minute video interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnjVAI-SBp8.…
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We need to be aware of the impact our government’s policies have well beyond our shores. Anglo-American, alongside BHP Billiton and Xstrata, owns Latin America’s biggest coal mine, the Cerrejón mine in Colombia. The mine …
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