The environmental and human rights organization CEDHA along with two other environmental groups, lodged a complaint today against Xstrata Copper in Australia, accusing the multinational mining company of destroying glaciers and permafrost in two of …
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Argentine Environmental Group Files Complaint Against Xstrata Copper
OECD Complaint Filed Against Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines in Mongolia
(Source: Miningwatch Canada newsletter Summer 2010)
On March 31, 2010, the Government of Mongolia signed an investment agreement with Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. for the development of a massive gold/copper …
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Climate change after the talks in Bonn
Bonn Climate Negotiations
The recent UN climate talks in in Bonn have at least moved on from the fiasco at Copenhagen. However, the draft text that emerged at the end of the talks is still …
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Vedanta snubs British government again
Vedanta Resources has once again snubbed a British government investigation into its planned mine in Orissa, India, by labelling government calls for a change in its corporate behaviour ‘one-sided’, and urging it to ‘rest the …
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UK government finds Vedanta in major breach of trust
Last week’s conclusion by a UK government agency that Vedanta Resources has violated guidelines laid down by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) is certainly significant. It serves to confirm claims by numerous …
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ANCP issues final statement on BHP Billiton complaint
In 2007, complaints were made to the Australian and Swiss National Contact Points (NCP) of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about mining companies BHP Billiton and Xstrata, listed on the London Stock …
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