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Ghanaians demand justice from gold miners
A Ghanaian business magazine has revealed that the state holds no stake in any of five major gold mining enterprises operating in the country. Ghana's Mine Workers Union is calling for a windfall tax to be applied to excess profits made by the industry. Among the gold...
Baluchistan objects to Antofagasta/Barrick venture
Pakistan's Baluchistan provincial government has re-iterated its opposition to a major copper-gold project, being touted by UK-listed Antofagasta and Canada's Barrick Gold. Among its objections are a claim that the two companies have failed to reveal the presence of...
BHP Billiton AGM protest, London, 20 October 2011
Protesters from the Occupy LSX demonstration marched from St Paul's cathedral to join anti-nuclear campaigners, supporters of London Mining Network member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign and others outside yesterday's BHP Billiton AGM. See short video at...
PICKET!! STOP LA COLOSA GOLD MINE
2pm on FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER at the Colombian Embassy at 3 Hans Crescent, London, SW1X 0LN. Nearest tube: Knightsbridge. Organised by: Colombia Solidarity Campaign Movimiento 22 COLOMBIA, the second most BIODIVERSE country in the world, home to 105 INDIGENOUS CULTURES,...
Australia approves $20-30bn BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine expansion
Global diversified miner BHP Billiton moved a step closer to expanding its large-scale Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in Australia on Monday, after securing environmental approvals for the project. See...
Vedanta guilty of illegal mining, admits political donations
In August 2011, Vedanta's primary iron ore mining subsidiary, Sesa Goa, was cited in an official report as one of the companies found to have been mining illegally in the state of Karnataka. Now, the Goa Chronicle has exposed the extent of Vedanta-Sesa Goa's illegal...
“Oil Orgy” invades Energy Summit
Protesters interrupted the Canada-Europe Energy Round table in London on Tuesday, to expose the UK government’s opposition to European legislation, which would label tar sands oil as highly polluting. The campaigners stripped down to Union Jack boxers and maple leaf...
Miner shot dead in Indonesian strike against Freeport-Rio Tinto
Security forces have opened fire on striking Freeport miners, killing at least one person and injuring six others. More than 1,000 workers were involved in the clashes on Monday at the Grasberg complex, one of the world's biggest gold and copper mines, in Indonesia's...
Pillaging the Pilbara
The world's second and third largest iron ore mining companies, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, are set to overtake premier producer, Brazil's Vale, in the next few years. While both companies (notably Rio Tinto) have interests in foreign iron ore sources, the two...
Spoiling over Mongolia's hoards
First it was off- and now it's apparently on again. At the end of last month, under considerable pressure from some members of its own parliament, the Mongolian government said it would re-negotiate the Oyu Tolgoi agreement in order to increase its interest to 50%, in...