Lisa Nandy MP and John McDonnell MP called yesterday for the British Government’s Financial Services Bill to be amended so that companies wishing to list on UK Stock Exchanges would need to report on their …
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The age of extreme oil: “This used to be a forest?”
Achuar Indigenous People from Peru inspect Canada’s tarsands.
Xstrata pressed on record in Peru and Colombia
Representatives of communities affected by Xstrata’s operations in the Espinar region of Peru attended the massive London-listed mining company’s AGM in Switzerland on Tuesday 1 May. They called for compensation and a solution to the …
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Newmont Mining accused of multiple failures by shareholders
Critical shareholders took the world’s second biggest dedicated gold producer to task at its annual general meeting last week. They claimed the company had not implemented various promises to be “socially responsible”. Moreover, its failure …
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Peru’s Highest Court Sides With Central Government In Conga Case
Peru’s highest court has declared that the left-wing regional government of Cajamarca overstepped its bounds when it recently rejected the country’s biggest proposed mining project. However, a team of environmental auditors has criticised the existing …
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Peru: Cajamarca Protests Continue as Conga Gold Mine Awaits Green Light
“¡Agua sí! ¡Oro no! ¡Agua sí! ¡Oro no!” [Water yes! Gold no!] The chant vibrated through the thin Andean air as a regional demonstration against the Conga Gold Mine Project took place to honour World …
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Thousands march for the right to water in Peru
Opposition to Peru’s largest proposed mine recently spread outside the country – to Spain and the United States. Last week, up to 2,000 citizens marched on the Peruvian capital, calling for Newmont’s Conga project (and …
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Protests over Newmont mine resume in Peru
About 1,000 people marched in the Andean city of Cajamarca against the gold mine proposed by the U.S. miner and its Peruvian partner, Buenaventura.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11408&l=1.
Among investors in Newmont are UK-based Blackrock World …
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