There’s been yet more controversy surrounding the tussles between BSG Resources Ltd., Vale, Rio Tinto and the Government of Guinea over control of the country’s huge Simandou Project. In the most recent twist, BSG’s Beny Steinmetz has moved from being “hunted to hunter”- in the sense of now suing the UK campaign group Global Witness for damages, and using Britain’s data protection legislation to do so. Global Witness has dismissed the claim as an attempt to “stifle journalism in the public interest”.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=12530.