October 2012 protest against AngloGold Ashanti’s La Colosa project
In an open letter to AngloGold Ashanti shareholders timed to coincide with the company’s May 13 AGM in South Africa, an alliance of organizations in Colombia list …
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Colombian community organizations call on AngloGold Ashanti to keep out of Tolima
US watchdog warns Anglo American’s Alaska project could cause ecological damage
The proposed Pebble gold and copper mining project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region could inflict widespread ecological and environmental damage, according to a revised study by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The revised assessment …
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Rio Tinto firms up $2.5bn Oyu Tolgoi mine loan
Global miner Rio Tinto has attracted strong interest for a $2.5 billion loan to expand its Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, in one of the largest resource financings in Asia this year, …
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US Supreme Court “vacates” anti-Rio Tinto Bougainville case, but lawyer vows to continue battle
The US Supreme Court has “vacated” (i.e. relinquished) an earlier decision by another court, to hear a case against Rio Tinto, alleging its responsibility for war crimes (et al) on the island of Bougainville. Steve Berman, …
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The real cost of mining: everlasting water pollution
A new report shows existing U.S. hardrock mines (e.g. gold, copper, uranium) will pollute up to 27 billion gallons of fresh water per year, and cost as much as $67 billion per year to clean, …
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Vedanta faces India’s Green Tribunal over smelter disaster
India’s Supreme Court has fined Vedanta’s Sterlite subsidiary US$18.4 million for polluting water, soil, and air around its Tuticorin copper smelter in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, on 23 March 2013. However, as might …
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Pebble Mine Opposition Outlasts Anglo American and Rio Tinto CEOs
Last week in London, Joel Reynolds of US-based Natural Resources Defense Council attended the AGMs of both Rio Tinto and Anglo American, joining a delegation of Bristol Bay leaders, including Bobby Andrew, Yup’ik elder, life-long fisherman, and spokesperson …
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Rio Tinto accused of environmental and human rights breaches
West Papuan activists protest outside Rio Tinto’s AGM over the company’s involvement in the Grasberg mine. Photo: Amy Scaife
Protesters from around the world attacked mining company Rio Tinto for a string for alleged environmental …
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Stories of Resistance – community activists slam Rio Tinto, Anglo American
Watch video coverage of the event last Monday with community and worker representatives from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa, the USA and West Papua.
Communities and mineworkers hit out at Rio Tinto, Anglo American
Communities from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa and the US will demonstrate in London this week against some of the world’s largest mining companies, which they say are devastating the health of people, widely polluting the …
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Rio Tinto, World Bank slammed for uncertainties over Mongolian mine
Sukhgerel Dugersuren, Executive Director of Mongolian organization Oyu Tolgoi Watch, questions the wisdom of multilateral funding of a deeply controversial project.
Dr Kim, where is Mongolia’s economic diversification?
In late February the World Bank’s private …
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