Solidarity With the Ferrexpo Mineworkers – Poltava Ukraine
A major dispute is underway between mineworkers in Poltava in West Ukraine and London-listed Ferrexpo Plc (http://www.ferrexpo.com/), a major player on the global market mainly engaged in mining of iron ore. All three shifts in the open cast in the town of Komsomolsk, of more than 300 workers each are now involved in industrial action. [...]
Colombia’s Cerrejon: four contractors die in accident
Colombia’s biggest coal exporter Cerrejon said on Thursday that four contractors had been killed and 12 others injured while repairing a coal-storage silo in the Andean nation. See http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05169475.htm and http://laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=361947&CategoryId=12393.
Is Vedanta the “world’s most hated company”?
Anil Agarwal and his cronies had it coming. Their company, Vedanta Resources, last week confronted a far more vocal and aggressive presence at its London annual general meeting than ever before. For the first time too, a handful of investors stuck their head above the parapet – one of them ( Aviva) going on to [...]
Client Earth report on Rio Tinto
London law firm Client Earth has recently published a critique of Rio Tinto’s corporate reporting in the light of the Companies Act 2006 requirements, comparing Rio Tinto’s record with its reporting, and referring the company to the Financial Reporting Review Panel, which is responsible for ensuring full and honest reporting by UK listed companies. See [...]
‘Green Gold’ fair trade inspires anti-mining advocates
What could make the world’s staunchest critics of commercial mining pause and evaluate a mechanism that could bring the status of small-scale gold producers at par with corporate mines? The International Women and Mining Network (RIMM or Red Internacional Mujeres y Mineria) explored Latin America’s 2010 experiment with a Fair Trade Artisanal Gold Standard or [...]
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