Thousands of people marched through the streets of Alma in Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec, to demand an end to the lockout and to fight for the preservation of jobs at the Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) smelter. …
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Massive demonstration in support of Rio Tinto’s locked-out workers
Mexican communities reject London-listed Hochschild Mining
In Mexico, communities are resisting the mining plans of a small London-listed company, run from Peru.
See film We Have Everything And Lack Everything at http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/2956-we-have-and-need-everything-in-mexico-community-police-resist-mining-companies.
See company wesbite at http://www.hochschildmining.com/content/index.php.…
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Goldcorp ups 2010 exploration budget to US$145mn due to El Morro, Camino Rojo – Chile, Mexico
Vancouver-based Goldcorp has revised up its 2010 exploration guidance budget to US$145mn from the originally announced US$130mn.
Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers …
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CAFOD and Goldcorp
Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC, according to the …
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Canadian mining firms face abuse allegations
Canadian mining companies are facing allegations of abuse and assault on local citizens in dozens of developing nations…In Ottawa…a House of Commons committee…will continue debating a Liberal private member’s bill designed to put controls on …
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Asarco bidding battle enters final strait
Just one more hurdle faces Grupo Mexico, before it’s allowed to take over one of the world’s biggest copper companies, the bankrupted Asarco.
There’s still a prospect that Vedanta Resources will pip the Mexican miner …
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