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Talks are being held on the reopening of Rio Tinto’s Bougainville copper mine, and for the first time landowners will be formally consulted about the project. The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) is holding a series of Mining Forums to consult the island's...

Article by climate campaigner Bill McKibben: “...if Australia builds up its coal exports as currently planned, it would produce 30% of the carbon needed to push global warming beyond two degrees. By 2020 the country’s coal burnt abroad will be producing three times as...

Namibia: Rössing Nearly Closed THE management of Rio Tinto's Rössing mine was considering placing the uranium mine on care and maintenance like Areva's Trekkopje as a way of arresting the perilous financial situation the company is facing. See...

Social Justice and Environmental Campaigners demonstrated at the High Court of Justice, London, on 5 June. Desperate coal company UK Coal sought to over-rule the community, Durham Council and the Secretary of State’s Inspectors to be allowed to mine over half a...

This week more than 5000 Dongria Kondh tribals and other farmers and local people from grassroots group Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti conducted a six day foot march (Padayatra) to visit 104 villages on and around the Niyamgiri mountains. The marchers stopped in the...

This open letter signed by a number of UK MPs and other public figures expresses concern about the track record of Vedanta and asks UK parliamentarians and ombudsmen to monitor the upcoming decision making on Niyamgiri, and ensure it is fair and adheres to UK and...

On 24 May, the East Ayrshire Council Cabinet met to discuss an initial report into the state of the opencast coal mining industry. The report, published on 23 May by the Council, highlights publicly for the first time the scale of failings on the part of Scottish Coal...

It's not been an easy year so far for Glencore, the world's largest commodities trader. A confidential U.N. Panel of Experts is said to confirm that the company supplied thousands of tons of alumina to Iranian, which may have aided the country's nuclear programme. The...

 CATAPA's protest at Deutsche Bank's AGM - see report below Hundreds of protesters were locked in a standoff with police in northern Peru on Wednesday as they vowed to stop Newmont Mining from transferring water from a lake to a reservoir as part of its $5 billion...

Rio Tinto (along with Brazilian multinational Vale) is accused by Human Rights Watch of badly unsettling communities in Mozambique. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=12310.