Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has staked her minority government’s future on passing the laws, which would force around 500 big polluting companies to pay for carbon emissions through a A$23 ($23.75) per tonne carbon …
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Australia PM introduces controversial carbon laws
Cerrejon Coal: Responsible Mining?
London Mining Network member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign has sent a delegation to Colombia to visit a number of mining-affected communities.
Among the communities visited have been those suffering as a result of the expansion …
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Australia’s carbon tax debate ignites
New report demolishes mining industry claims
Australia’s coal mining giants are trying to scare the life out of its citizens over the impacts on jobs and investments from the recently-proposed nationwide carbon tax. The proposal …
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Environmentalists Call on Xstrata Shareholders to Stop Australian Mega Coal Mine
On the eve of a court hearing in Brisbane on August 29-31, Friends of the Earth International called on London-listed Swiss mining giant Xstrata’s shareholders and investors to act to stop Xstrata’s massive ‘Mega Coal …
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BHP Billiton to invest $437m to expand Colombian coal mine
Mining and oil company BHP Billiton will invest $437m to expand the Cerrejon Coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. The company’s investment represents one third of the $1,311m expansion to be undertaken by Cerrejon Coal, …
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Australia Passes CO2 Offset Laws, Carbon Pricing Next
Australia’s parliament endorsed the world’s first national scheme that regulates the creation and trade of carbon credits from farming and forestry on Monday, to complement government plans to put a price on carbon emissions from …
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Who will own South Africa’s mines?
Radical elements within South Africa’s ruling ANC have been campaigning for outright nationalisation of the country’s mines. In part-response, Mines’ Minister Susan Shabangu, claims that securing a 26% “black ownership” (BEE) of the mining industry …
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Anglo, BHP, Xstrata OK $1.3 bln Cerrejon expansion
Anglo American , Xstrata and BHP Billiton have approved a $1.3 billion expansion of Colombia’s largest coal mining operations, Cerrejon, the companies said on Thursday.
Cerrejon is the largest coal producer and exporter in Colombia, …
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Creation of civic committee of La Guajira against large transnational mining
The department of La Guajira is the largest coal producer in the Colombia. The mining complex of El Cerrejón is the largest open pit coal mine in Latin America and accounts for 46% of Colombia’s …
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Australians ignite around Coal and Food
If anything is certain about the stances of Australian politicans on coal mining and coal-seam gas exploitation, it’s that nothing is certain.
The country’s powerful farmers’ federation wants the right to negotiate access to their …
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