Security forces have opened fire on striking Freeport miners, killing at least one person and injuring six others. More than 1,000 workers were involved in the clashes on Monday at the Grasberg complex, one of …
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Miner shot dead in Indonesian strike against Freeport-Rio Tinto
A history of violence at Indonesia mine
Rio Tinto has cosy ties with the Indonesian military, who have a long history of human rights abuses.
See http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/08/2011828142858857222.html#.TokJmXDLgQ0.mailto.
Move Beyond Coal, Now
The coal industry is racing to ensure its place in our world’s future before safer, healthier and cheaper clean energy takes hold.
Ill-equipped to compete and survive in the emerging clean energy economy it must …
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Papua: Freeport-Rio Tinto workers are on strike – again
Indonesian workers at the world’s largest gold – and third biggest copper – mine have started a one month strike, demanding payment of a just wage. Eight thousand of them went on strike in July …
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Rio Tinto may get stung in Sulawesi …and pinched in Queensland
A giant black wasp has been identified as a new species, recently discovered in the Mekongga Mountains of Southeast Sulawesi. (The report at the link below mistakenly describes the mountain range as being in Southwest …
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The blacklisting of Rio Tinto
Too many invest in companies – such as London-listed Rio Tinto – without any consideration of the ethics of doing so. Investing in conflict-affected and high-risk areas is a growing concern for responsible businesses and investors. …
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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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Churchill Mining loses appeal in Indonesia
London-based Churchill Mining plc has lost an attempt to overturn a court’s revocation of mining licences held by the company in East Kalimantan. The company plans to appeal further.
See http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail/?display=news&code=cotn:CHL.L&action=article&articleid=8333086.…
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Indonesia cracks down on “illegal” small-scale miners – but what about the bigger companies?
A curb on small-scale tin mining on Indonesia’s Bangka and Belitung islands, announced in early August, has been strongly criticised by the general secretary of the Indonesian Tin Industry Association, Johan Murod.
Mr Murod claims …
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Strike pressures PT Freeport Indonesia into serious negotiations
Indigenous Papuans are waging a four-decade long nonviolent struggle for independence from Indonesia. At the heart of Papuan grievances lies Freeport, the world’s largest gold and copper mine, owned and operated by US based company …
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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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Freeport-Rio Tinto workers on strike at Grasberg
Freeport-Rio Tinto workers in West Papua claim they are paid only US$1.5 an hour, while other Freeport workers around the world receive at least ten times this amount.
Two weeks ago, 8,000 of them went …
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