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Indigenous landowners want Rio Tinto's Bougainville Copper Agreement repealed
LANDOWNERS of the Bougainville Copper Mine have called on the government for the Bougainville Copper Agreement (BCA) Act 1969 to be repealed. Panguna Landowners Association (PLA) stated that if Panguna Mine is to be re-opened, this has to be negotiated under a totally...
Canadian Rio Tinto lockout nears one month
On January 1, 2012, Rio Tinto's aluminium subsidiary Alcan locked out 780 members of United Steelworkers at its smelter and refinery in Alma, Québec. The company refuses to negotiate limits on contract work. See...
Largest Open Pit Copper Mine in the World Pollutes Utah
For at least the last five years, Kennecott Utah Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, violated the federal limits on ore and waste rock production at its Bingham Canyon Mine, the largest open pit copper mine in the world. Kennecott agreed in 1994 to limit production to...
Australia's mining industry muscling into media
She's the richest female in the Asia-Pacific region and bidding fair to become the wealthiest woman of the world. This year, Gina Rinehart's estimated personal pickings are likely to double - to at least $20 billion. This is thanks to a 15% investment recently made by...
Big miners must be reined in
Nearly 10 years of a mining boom has made big changes to Australia’s economy and environment. Resource companies have made record profits. This has given Australia’s rich mining billionaires an inflated sense of entitlement. When the Resources Super Profits Tax (RSPT)...
India: New Vedanta protests meet with violent "security" response
Forty seven Indigenous villagers from Rengopalli, Orissa, were violently arrested on 21 January, as they nonviolently protested against UK-listed Vedanta Resources. The company wanted access to the villagers' ancestral land for its second "red mud pond", destined to...
Anglo American disrespecting rule of law, FTC president says – Chile
London-based Anglo American is disrespecting the rule of law when criticizing the Chilean attorney general office's criminal investigation into the sale of a 24.5% stake in its assets in central Chile, state copper producer Codelco's copper workers federation (FTC)...
Calling all foreign radicals!
UK Tar Sands Network comments on the Canadian government's attack on tar sands opponents as 'enemies of the state'. See http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2012/01/calling-all-foreign-radicals/.
Campaigners mount bid to outlaw Nuclear Subsidies
Lawyers acting on behalf of British anti-nuclear campaigners have submitted a complaint about atomic subsidies to the European Commission which, if upheld, could prevent the building of new nuclear reactors in the EU. “Nuclear power is heavily subsidised, and even on...
Glencore faces legal action over pollution caused by Zambian copper
Glencore is facing legal action over pollution caused by its vast and lucrative copper operations in Zambia. Glencore's Mopani Copper Mines subsidiary has been a thorn in the firm's side since its £6billion float in May last year, throwing up allegations of...