The Serious Fraud Office has launched a criminal investigation into Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), the embattled FTSE 100 miner that has been beset by corruption allegations. The move follows efforts by the company to …
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ENRC: Serious Fraud Office launches criminal investigation
Rio Tinto pushed UK Government to scupper EU law on transparency, says MEP
UK tried diluting EU law on mining transparency: MEP
The British government, influenced by mining company Rio Tinto, attempted to undermine an EU law that aims to bring greater transparency to the oil, gas, mining …
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UK planning and opencast mining: the bad news and the good news
Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) press release, 2 April 2013
Since this Government was elected, its attitude to opencast mine applications in England has, from the point of view of objectors, gone from bad to …
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Nuclear news
Radioactive Y-fronts and the limits of Parliamentary scrutiny
Last week the nuclear industry and its Westminster friends celebrated the dawning of a new age, as French energy giant EDF won planning consent to construct Hinkley …
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Is Welsh planning policy for coal about to hit the buffers?
Loose Anti Opencast Network Press Release, 15 March 2013
Communities across the South of Wales, living close to proposed or actual opencast mine proposals in the Rhonnda (the Bryn Defaid proposal) , Neath and Port …
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One third of government ministers linked to UK companies fuelling climate change
One third of ministers in the UK government, including top cabinet ministers, are linked to the UK finance and energy companies fuelling climate change, a report from LMN member group World Development Movement reveals.
The anti-poverty campaign …
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British Government plunges into deep sea mining with American weapons company
Britain’s prime minister announced last Thursday the country would partner with an American company to mine the depths of the Pacific Ocean for metals and rare earth minerals, reports the Guardian.
David Cameron said the …
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Call for a more open consultation on new coal strategy for UK
Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) press release, 15 March 2013
Big question marks now hang over the British Coal Industry and whether it will be able to play out the role prescribed for it in …
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We need Government help, says UK Coal, in wake of disastrous pit fire
A major fire at its Daw Mill Colliery could threaten the viability of operator UK Coal, its chief executive has warned. The fire forced UK Coal to evacuate more than 100 underground workers from Daw …
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Things heat up as Bumi’s 21 February EGM approaches
Troubled coal mining company Bumi plc is to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting this Thursday, 21 February, to decide on Nat Rothschild’s proposal to throw out nearly all of the company’s current directors and replace …
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