Rio Tinto in Michigan: Native Americans make a stand and bear the brunt
In 2005, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community tried to lease the sacred Eagle Rock site from the State of Michigan for ceremonial use. Located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula near Marquette, Eagle Rock and the surrounding Yellow Dog Plains are part of lands ceded to the tribe for hunting and fishing by an 1842 government treaty [...]
Day of Prayer Reveals Starkly Contrasting Values
Rochelle Dale, Jan Zender and other residents of the small town of Big Bay, Michigan, hosted a multi-faith fasting and prayer event on the Yellow Dog Plains, “in the shadow of Eagle Rock,” where Rio Tinto plans to open a nickel and copper sulfide mine. Representatives from the Lutheran, Jewish, Buddhist, Anishinaabe, Roman Catholic, United [...]
Formal Human Rights Complaint re HudBay in Guatemala
A high-level Canadian civil society investigation into alleged grievous human rights abuses at a nickel mine in Guatemala in 2007 has confirmed that local people were viciously attacked by police and mine security, forcibly evicted from their homes, and that several women were raped. Although the accusations were submitted to the Canadian ambassador in Guatemala [...]
Michigan has dwindling resources to regulate Rio Tinto subsidiary’s mine
In the wake of the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision that no federal permit is necessary for a controversial new nickel sulphide mine to be located on state land near Lake Superior, state officials and mining experts are questioning the state’s ability to adequately regulate the project on its own. See http://michiganmessenger.com/39692/state-has-dwindling-resources-to-regulate-kennecott-mine.
Toledo paves way for strategic alliance with China’s Jinchuan in Philippines
London-listed Toledo Mining Corporation Plc has signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s biggest nickel producer that should lead to a strategic alliance for the exploration, mining, processing and sale of nickel products from Toledo’s nickel interests on Palawan Island, the Philippines. See http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/20100712/toledo-paves-way-for-strategic-alliance-with-chinas-jinchuan-in-philippines.htm.
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