Christian Aid Ireland has published a damning report about Cerrejón Coal’s impacts on the communities around its operations. Cerrejón is owend by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP Group and Glencore. The Republic of Ireland’s only coal-fired...
Rio Tinto subsidiary QMM’s ilmenite mine in Madagascar Report on the Rio Tinto AGM, London, Wednesday 12 April 2017 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network with assistance from Albert Beale, Andrew Hickman, Andy Whitmore, Mamy Rakotondrainibe,...
Nearly three years after the massacre of mineworkers at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in South Africa, people are still waiting to read the report of an inquiry into the outrage. President Zuma appears to be sitting on the report – and both...
… but the solution being proposed is to cut the taxes paid by the companies doing the scarring! Read on… Fears mining could leave Fife’s landscape permanently scarred Scotland’s landscape could be permanently scarred by the legacy of opencast coal unless a...
It comes to something when a company can make a former Chief Executive of the rapacious Rio Tinto look good. But Vedanta makes practically anyone look good by comparison. And former Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese, now CEO of Vedanta, provided a breath of fresh air at...
