Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s ruling Labor party will debate lifting the ban on the sales of uranium to India at its conference next month, a decision unlikely to be welcomed by the Greens.
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Papua: Freeport-Rio Tinto labour battles have no end in sight
Indonesian Police accused of accepting bribes
There’s no end in sight to the world’s biggest wages-related mining strike, as Freeport workers continue blockading (West) Papua’s Grasberg operations, following Indonesian police attacks that have already claimed …
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Kazakhstan’s MPs Toughen Ecology Laws For Miners
Kazakhstan’s parliament has approved a strict ecology bill, in a move expected to make some of the world’s leading metals miners spend more on treating their waste. Ashim told Reuters in an interview in March …
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US House of Representatives gives Native territory to Rio Tinto
It’s “nothing more than an attempt to transfer American resources from the hands of the American public to foreign interests”.
That’s what a representative of the San Carlos Apache Tribe told the UN Permanent Forum …
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Colombia mining projects delayed over environmental issues
Colombia’s foreign-led Angostura and La Colosa mining projects have been delayed due to environmental concerns. Angostura is owned by Eco Oro, formerly Greystar, a Canadian company listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). …
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Alaska voters say no to gold, copper mine
Can a small local government hold back a large-scale development, despite much bigger political and corporate forces being ranged against it?
That’s the question facing voters in Southwest Alaska’s Lake & Peninsula Borough who last …
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Vedanta accused of fraud – yet again!
As if the catalogue of violations by Vedanta’s Goan iron mining subsidiary, revealed earlier this month, wasn’t enough, it’s now accused of major fraud. India’s Serious Fraud Office is said to have ordered prosecution of …
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Australia passes its carbon act
The Australian government hast passed its “carbon tax” legislation, marking the first time that a major industrialised state has attempted to price, and place a cap on, its greenhouse gas emissions. Acrimonious debate around the …
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Spoiling over Mongolia’s hoards
First it was off- and now it’s apparently on again. At the end of last month, under considerable pressure from some members of its own parliament, the Mongolian government said it would re-negotiate the Oyu …
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Ecocide trial in London
Last week an ‘ecocide trial’ was held in London. The trial tested barrister Polly Higgins’ proposal for a crime of Ecocide – to hold to account directors of companies (rather than the company) who cause …
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MEPs call for EU to clean up oil, mining industries
The European Parliament has urged EU countries to clean up the mining and oil industries by publishing what companies pay to get their hands on contracts and by giving legal protection to whistleblowers.
Two reports …
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