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Outrage at Indian go-ahead for POSCO "loot"
Last week, India's Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) gave the final go-ahead to the POSCO steel project in Orissa. In an excoriating indictment of the decision, leading Indian environmental campaigner, Leo Saldanha, has laid bare the corrupt background to...
Re-opening of Panguna Mine is not negotiable
Locals from Bougainville are keen to correct the pro-mine media regarding the reopening of the Panguna mine and warn against misrepresentation of views and a repeat of the bloody violence of the past. The proponent, Bougainville Copper Limited is majority owned by Rio...
London Calling sees Rio Tinto take it on the Chinalco
As reported last week, Vale of Brazil has just secured a big chunk of one of the world's most-criticised new hydro dams. Now, China's biggest aluminium producer, Chinalco, has signed a JV deal with a Malaysian tycoon in order to access electricity from another...
Rio Tinto subsidiary's Utah mine seeks approval to expand operations
A proposal to expand the world's largest open pit copper mine and keep it operating for another decade could take an important step forward if Utah air quality regulators allow increased emissions from the operation. But opponents are worried increased emissions will...
Opposition to Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott in Michigan
Internationally Recognized Principles Needed for the Protection of Eagle Rock: Six Articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - paper prepared by Jessica Koski:...
Indigenous Papua New Guinea Leaders Protest Ongoing Abuses at Barrick’s Porgera Mine
For the fourth year in a row, Indigenous Ipili leaders from Porgera in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have been in Canada to protest ongoing severe environmental impacts and human rights abuses associated with Barrick’s Porgera mine. “We are here to say that the human rights...
Why did Barrick jump in, and Minmetals jump out?
London Calling ponders recent Western moves on Africa A while ago, the world's biggest gold producer bid more than C$7 billion for Zambian copper miner, Equinox. The takeover is likely to proceed without hitch now that Barrick's only major competitor, China's...
Tanzania's taxing problem
All Tanzanian companies (not just mining companies) are entitled to a refund on their input VAT. Thus, the recent announcement that AngloGold Ashanti and African Barrick are among those seeking a refund of more than US$270 million of this tax isn't an anomaly as such....
Call on Goldcorp to suspend Marlin mine
What you may not know about Goldcorp's Marlin mine in Guatemala A shareholder resolution asking Goldcorp to suspend operations at its embattled Marlin mine in Guatemala's western highlands has been circulated to shareholders and will be voted on at the company's...
Banks seek ways to block merger between London and Toronto Stock Exchanges
Banks opposed to the planned combination of TMX Group Inc and London Stock Exchange Group PLC are looking for ways to thwart the deal, and are seeking the backing of Canada’s biggest pension funds. Talks among large Canadian financial institutions searching for an...