It’s almost certainly the worst officially-recorded mining disaster in recent Indonesian history. On Tuesday, 21 May 2013, twenty eight mineworker were confirmed dead as the result of a tunnel collapse at Freeport’s Grasberg operations in …
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London Calling on a Tale of Two Disasters – both involving Rio Tinto
South African labour strife: no resolution in sight
Lonmin’s strike ends but now Amplats (Anglo American Platinum) is in brace position.
Workers at Amplats say, We shall not accept one more job loss at Angloplats – We shall resist – We shall fight.…
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Sick miners ask Anglo American for details of defence
THE long-awaited hearing in which 10 former Anglo miners with silicosis and silico-tuberculosis are seeking compensation began on Friday with an application to compel Anglo American to provide more details of its defence. The Legal …
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Big troubles for coal and coal workers in Britain
Dole not Coal
FOR the 590 miners who lost their jobs when Scottish Coal collapsed last month, there is a lot at stake this week. Liquidator KPMG looks likely to announce what will happen to …
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Rio Tinto anti-union bias confirmed at AGM
IndustriALL Global Union joined a diverse group of civil society activists, NGOs and community-based organizations in London to protest against Anglo American and Rio Tinto on the occasion of their Annual General Meetings on 18 …
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It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice: lessons from the Anglo American AGM
Read a report on Anglo American’s AGM on 19 April – including concerns raised by community representatives from Alaska, Colombia and South Africa, and the company’s responses.
Anglo-American and the finance sector: exporting abuse
We need to be aware of the impact our government’s policies have well beyond our shores. Anglo-American, alongside BHP Billiton and Xstrata, owns Latin America’s biggest coal mine, the Cerrejón mine in Colombia. The mine …
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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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Massive landslide stops production at Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah
What started as movement measuring only fractions of an inch at Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine became the biggest slide Ted Himebaugh has seen in his 36 years with the company.…
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IndustriALL heralds new IRMA head, slams Rio Tinto
IndustriALL Global Union is pleased to welcome Matthew Wenban-Smith as new Managing Director of the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA).
The appointment marks an important milestone in establishing IRMA as the first global certification …
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Miner’s body trapped after accident in Vedanta’s Lisheen Mine in Ireland
An operation to recover the body of a man who was killed in a mining accident in the Irish Republic is continuing, almost 48 hours after his death. Mario Francis was working in Lisheen Mine, …
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