Labour groups rally around locked out Rio Tinto borax miners
The 600 workers were shut out of the world’s second largest borax mine on January 31 after a five month contract dispute with Rio Tinto.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9945.
Australian coal miners call 3-day strike against Xstrata
It may have been announced as only a three-day strike at a relatively small colliery. However, discontent by Australian workers with UK-Swiss mining giant, Xstrata, has been boiling throughout the past year. Earlier this month, workers at the company’s Tahmoor mine in New South Wales decided to stop work in support of their demands for [...]
Big miners want more flexibility
RESOURCE sector employers have urged Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott to immediately release policies supporting major changes to the nation’s workplace laws, warning that the status quo would entrench third-party interference at the expense of productivity. While pushing Labor to make changes, the Australian Mines and Metals Association — on behalf of companies including BHP [...]
21 injured, 61 arrested in South African protest against BHP Billiton
Twenty-one people were injured and 61 were arrested in Ogies, Mpumalanga, on Thursday in protests against BHP Billiton – the second violent action targeting a mining company in the past two weeks, police said. They included three police officials, who were injured on the shoulder, mouth and head when stones and bottles were thrown at [...]
The impacts of uranium mining on indigenous communities
Uranium mining speculation lacks comprehensive health and safety regulations while the ethics of Canadian exported uranium, which can lead to depleted uranium used in zones of war, needs greater scrutiny. Abandoned uranium mines and the subsequent hazards experienced in forgotten communities have also been virtually ignored in Canada leading to tragic, unmitigated circumstances.
See http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8041&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0.
