Anglo American , Xstrata and BHP Billiton have approved a $1.3 billion expansion of Colombia’s largest coal mining operations, Cerrejon, the companies said on Thursday.
Cerrejon is the largest coal producer and exporter in Colombia, …
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Anglo, BHP, Xstrata OK $1.3 bln Cerrejon expansion
Creation of civic committee of La Guajira against large transnational mining
The department of La Guajira is the largest coal producer in the Colombia. The mining complex of El Cerrejón is the largest open pit coal mine in Latin America and accounts for 46% of Colombia’s …
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Lifestyles of the rich and famous
An introduction to NR Investments Ltd provides an expose of the connections between some wealthy British, Russian and Indonesian financiers, government representatives and celebrities, and destructive mining projects.
See http://moneytometal.org/index.php/NR_Investments_Ltd.…
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Colombia raises doubts on AngloGold’s La Colosa gold project
Doubts have been raised in Colombia about possible adverse environmental issues in relation to AngloGold Ashanti’s big La Colosa gold project
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page103118?oid=132411&sn=Detail&pid=92730.
Colombia’s comptroller warns about AngloGold project
The use of water resources for …
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UK Parliamentary Question on AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia
(Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 20 July 2011, c1057W))
William Bain (Glasgow North East, Labour): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to his counterpart in …
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Please get your MP to sign EDM 2076 on AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia
LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign is very concerned about the possibility of the largest open cast gold mine in South America being built at Cajamarca in Colombia.
If you live in the UK, please …
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La Colosa: the quest for El Dorado in Cajamarca, Colombia
New report from LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign
Gold prices have surged in recent years. As a result of the ‘investor friendly’ climate promoted by the Colombian government’s ‘democratic security’ policies, multinationals have been …
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Glencore: the monster has landed!
The world’s biggest commodities’ trader has “gone public” on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges, following the conditional issue of shares to its so-called “cornerstone investors” over the previous week.
Glencore has leapt straight …
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Colombian court kills recently passed mining laws
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has struck down strict mining regulations passed last year, but said the regulations will remain in effect for two years to give Congress time to draft and approve a replacement bill. This …
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Report on the Anglo American AGM, 21 April 2011
Of the three largest mining companies with London AGMs, (the other two being BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto), Anglo American is perhaps most adept at managing criticism and containing dissent.
Faced with a large delegation …
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How a Colombian city united against gold greed
It’s been an inspiring tale of struggle.
In response to a concerted campaign, at the end of March Colombia’s government (hardly noted for enforcing best environmental or social standards) told Greystar Resources it couldn’t operate …
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Colombia shuts door on London-listed miner’s precious metals project
The Colombian government has ended Greystar Resources Ltd.’s bid to develop a gold and silver project in a northern highland area, Energy and Mines Minister Carlos Rodado said. The firm’s plans to mine for precious …
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