A lawyer for hundreds of former South African gold miners has accused their ex-employers of failing to provide access to regular check-ups for silicosis, an incurable lung disease caused by inhaling dust.
Richard Meeran of …
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Mining’s toxic sludge threatens Johannesburg
Thousands of people face evacuation from greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province – the economic heartland of South Africa – due to toxic sludge from abandoned gold mines laced with high radiation levels.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11315…
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World’s Biggest Hydropower Scheme Will Leave Africans in the Dark
South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to build a major hydroelectric power project, which is said to bring electricity to more than half of the continent’s 900 million people. …
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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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‘Our suffering is for ever’, mined-out town tells De Beers in South Africa
Residents of Hondeklipbaai, a small community in coastal northwest South Africa, has lodged a land claim against the world’s largest diamond mining company, Anglo-De Beers.
The community is angered that the company has reneged on …
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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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Coal of Africa shares jump on Vele licence decision
Shares in Coal of Africa jumped as much as 21 percent last Wednesday after South Africa lifted the suspension of a key licence at its Vele colliery, allowing the miner to press ahead with plans …
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Colombia to the Congo: Lust for Gold Threatens Environment & Human Rights
Nestled alongside the central range of the Andes lies the town of Cajamarca, Colombia, also known as la dispensa agricola de Colombia: literally Colombia’s agricultural larder. The fertile environs surrounding this settlement of twenty thousand …
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South Africa gold miners sue Anglo American
Former gold miners in South Africa are suing industry giant Anglo American in the London High Court for allegedly damaging their health, their lawyers say.
The ex-workers contracted lung diseases because of bad ventilation in …
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Move Beyond Coal, Now
The coal industry is racing to ensure its place in our world’s future before safer, healthier and cheaper clean energy takes hold.
Ill-equipped to compete and survive in the emerging clean energy economy it must …
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Protests against Platreef in South Africa
LIMPOPO COMMUNITY & JUBILEE MOKOPANE STOP THE OPERATION OF 27 PROSPECTING RIGS OF PLATREEF RESOURCES TODAY 30 AUG 2011
URGENT ALERT ISSUED BY JUBILEE MOKOPANE (JUBILEE SOUTH AFRICA)
30 August 2011, 13h30
Contact: Phillipos Dolo …
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