The world’s biggest commodities’ trader has “gone public” on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges, following the conditional issue of shares to its so-called “cornerstone investors” over the previous week.
Glencore has leapt straight …
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Private trader Glencore is to list in London this month
Greed Inc: A special investigation into pollution, dubious tax practices and exploitation of African workers at Glencore
News that the London Stock Exchange is on …
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Zambia’s people are blessed with copper. Yet with one doctor per 10,000 people and life expectancy a mere 47 years, who’s benefitting from the wealth beneath their feet? As with countless countries around the world …
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Last week Switzerland-based Glencore – the world’s biggest minerals trader – announced it would seek a listing on the London and Hong Kong Stock exchanges in mid-May.
Amid the issues being raised about the firm’s …
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HOW much does it cost to bring down a prime minister?
The answer: a tad over $22 million.
That’s how much the mining industry spent in six weeks last year on its campaign against Kevin …
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Chile’s president, Sebastian Pinera, arrives in London on Monday 18 October in his first overseas trip since the “miracle” rescue of the 33 miners, trapped underground at the San Jose mine since August.
Pinera is …
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The National Advocacy Coalition on the Extractives (NACE) is calling on the President and Parliament of Sierra Leone to demand a review of the mining agreement signed between the Government and African Minerals Limited, listed …
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Around 160 multinationals profit from Mauritius’s status as a tax haven (Tax Justice Network gives Mauritius an “opacity” rating of almost 100%), in order to walk away with billions in undeclared profits.
One of the …
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Following a recent African conference, a substantial number of organisations, supported by their overseas colleagues, are calling for “the promotion and protection of community rights, the environment, and realisation of the aspirations of African peoples” …
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The World Trade Organization called on Friday for countries to work together more closely in trade in natural resources — an area often seen as exempt from many international commerce rules. Governments must cooperate more …
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By Andrew Vickers, General Secretary of the Australian CFMEU Mining and Energy Division
Fair Go for Billionaires is the CFMEU Mining and Energy’s new ground-breaking campaign to focus public attention on Tony Abbott’s absurd promise …
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