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Outrage at Ivanhoe-Rio Tinto's dirty Burma deal
New information confirms that a little-publicised mining deal between Rio Tinto and Canada-based Ivanhoe Mines has, almost literally, sold the people of Burma down the river. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11098 Ivanhoe chief says Oyu Tolgoi...
Rio Tinto's tall tailings
Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott plays coy with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Utah’s Department of Air Quality and Salt Lake City officials as it lays a plan to mine the mineral-rich dustpiles of yesteryear. See...
Rio Tinto to put its non-union deal to the High Court in Australia
RIO Tinto will launch a High Court action in a bid to overturn a ruling that opens the way for unions to get an increased foothold in Western Australia's Pilbara. The union movement last night condemned the move, accused the company of "clinging to Work Choices" and...
South African mineworkers wage war on economic injustices
Although several, pay-related, gold mine strikes have just ended in South Africa, this doesn't by any means mark an end to struggles for elementary economic justice on the part of large numbers of workers. In a statement of 28 July 2011, the National Union of...
BHP Billiton weighs legal options after Eskom ruling
Mining group BHP Billiton was on Friday still considering the contents of a South Gauteng High Court ruling, which ordered that State-owned power utility Eskom should release information and records relating to electricity sales contracts with BHP Billiton’s Hillside...
Nuclear: too hot to handle. But is uranium still warm?
BHP Billiton may delay expansion of Olympic Dam mine "There hasn't been a [nuclear] plant in the world built without the relevant government assuming much of the construction, operating and financing risk. There is not a single insurer, banker or construction company...
Two-week strike ends at Escondida in Chile
A strike at Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, started on July 21. It sparked stoppage threats at other mines across Chile, the globe's's top copper producer. (Workers at Collahuasi, the world's third most productive copper mine, also went on a 24 hour...
Pacific island states get in on seabed minerals rush
But fears of the consequences are growing The quest for polymetallic nodules lying at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has been stepped up as seabed exploration plans are approved by the International Seabed Authority (SA) for the island states of Fiji, Nauru and...
Shell accepts liability for two oil spills in Nigeria
In a case that may have implications for mining companies, the oil giant faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars following class action suit brought on behalf of communities in Bodo, Ogoniland. See...
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
An introduction to NR Investments Ltd provides an expose of the connections between some wealthy British, Russian and Indonesian financiers, government representatives and celebrities, and destructive mining projects. See...