Fresh conflict around Freeport-Rio Tinto mine in West Papua
Five injured in renewed attacks at Freeport-Rio Tinto Grasberg copper/gold mine A series of attacks have resumed near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s Grasberg’s mine in Indonesia’s Papua Province. Five Freeport employees traveling by bus were shot at and wounded by glass shrapnel. The official Indonesia news agency Antara said the bus was shot at on [...]
More civilians murdered at Freeport – Rio Tinto’s mine in West Papua
Gunmen fired last Wednesday at vehicles operated by U.S. mining company Freeport in Indonesia’s impoverished Papua province, injuring two guards and a policeman in the latest attack on the world’s largest gold mine, police said. A few miles (kilometres) away on the same road leading to the mine, a policeman died and an officer and [...]
Mine murders in West Papua: new evidence points to cover-up
Seven years ago, the operations of Freeport-Rio Tinto at the world’s most controversial mine hit international headlines. This wasn’t because of the massive toll in human rights and environmental abuses over the past three and more decades, caused by the Grasberg and Ertzberg mines in West Papua. It was because US teachers had been murdered [...]
LMN submission to UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights
The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) called in March for evidence to be presented to an inquiry into business and human rights. The JCHR’s call for evidence is posted below London Mining Network’s submission. 1 May 2009 Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into business and human rights The [...]
Rio Tinto investors vent fury at $20bn Chinalco stake
Rio Tinto board told at annual meeting they were ‘selling the family silver‘ Many private investors in Rio Tinto vented their anger at the mining group’s annual meeting in London over the board’s decision to pursue a $20bn (£13.3bn) bailout from the Chinese government. Andrew Hickman, of LMN member group Down to Earth, criticised the [...]
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