Peru has recently found itself in the mining spotlight for a number of reasons. A new report reveals that mining corporations have signed agreements with the National Police to secure their assets, thus providing an incentive to use force against mining project...
The Supreme Court has permitted Vedanta group company Sesa Goa to resume iron ore mining at Chitradurg in Karnataka but capped production from the mine at about 40% of its annual capacity. See...
The state government has been accused of abusing due process and colluding with one of the country’s biggest companies to rush through a controversial mine expansion in the Hunter Valley. It took the Department of Planning just 21 days to recommend that Rio...
Study shows the radioactive particles can escape into the environment, raising alarms about the national park See http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/18/ranger-mine-risk-of-uranium-leakage-could-be-greater-than-thought?CMP=twt_fd. See also...
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd said last month that parent Rio Tinto had secured extended commitments from the banks that have agreed to finance the underground expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia. The extension, to March 31, gives Rio Tinto...
In the early morning of Friday 13th December high levels of Sulphur Dioxide were released from Vedanta subsidiary KCM’s Nchanga copper smelter in Chingola, Zambia. KCM’s Public Relations manager Joy Sata (a former journalist for Daily Mail Zambia) warned affected...
