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Investors out of Phulbari
London Mining Network joined 84 other organisations in signing a letter to investors in London-listed GCM Resources' Phulbari coal project in Bangladesh, calling on them to disinvest. See http://www.accountabilityproject.org/article.php?id=668.
UN Expert on Indigenous Peoples Rights will focus on Extractive Industries
On 17 October 2011, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples told its General Assembly that he receives "on a daily basis, allegations of violations of the rights of indigenous peoples in specific cases". In particular, said James Anaya: "I have...
Papuans struggle – and die – as mining conflict intensifies
There's no sign that conflicts between trade unionists and the management of the world's largest gold-copper mine are close to resolution. On the contrary, within recent days several more people have been murdered in Freeport-Rio Tinto's huge Grasberg lease area in...
'Our suffering is for ever', mined-out town tells De Beers in South Africa
Residents of Hondeklipbaai, a small community in coastal northwest South Africa, has lodged a land claim against the world's largest diamond mining company, Anglo-De Beers. The community is angered that the company has reneged on its promise to adequately rehabilitate...
Alaska voters say no to gold, copper mine
Can a small local government hold back a large-scale development, despite much bigger political and corporate forces being ranged against it? That's the question facing voters in Southwest Alaska's Lake & Peninsula Borough who last week passed a ballot resolution...
Vedanta accused of fraud – yet again!
As if the catalogue of violations by Vedanta's Goan iron mining subsidiary, revealed earlier this month, wasn't enough, it's now accused of major fraud. India's Serious Fraud Office is said to have ordered prosecution of Sesa Goa on eight counts, including its over-...
Canada poses as “Friendly, Green Oil Giant” to win over UK universities
Joe Oliver, Canada's Natural Resources Minister, met with staunch opposition at the London School of Economics (LSE) on 20 October whilst promoting Canada as the next ‘Global Energy Superpower’. Protesters presented an alternative perspective to the one-sided lecture...
Killing of anti-mining Italian priest condemned by environmental activists
Environmental activists under the Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment condemned the recent killing of an Italian missionary active in opposing large-scale mining plunder, including by London-listed Xstrata, and advocating for indigenous people's rights in...
Part of proposed national park handed over to BHP Billiton for mining
The New South Wales state government in Australia has reached a compromise with BHP Billiton over a multibillion-dollar coal project near Campbelltown, sectioning off portions of a promised national park to allow for further mining. The Minister for the Environment,...
Nuclear news
Rio outbids Cameco for Hathor Exploration Rio Tinto is expanding its presence in Canada with an all-cash offer to acquire Hathor Exploration, which owns the Roughrider uranium deposit in Saskatchewan. See...