A day after exit polls foretold BJP victory in Madhya Pradesh, the party’s national vice-president Uma Bharati declared it was time to “speak to chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan about illegal mining of diamonds by British mining major Rio Tinto”...
The Panguna mine Foreign treasure hunters have descended on the battle-scarred and economically bereft Pacific island of Bougainville, as jockeying for its natural riches intensifies. Hot on their trail: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The serving Bougainville...
The plant would have been Rio Tinto’s largest worldwide, with the capacity to produce 674,000 tons a year. It had been scheduled to start operating in 2016. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-fast-news?oid=221308&sn=Detail.
Canadian company Gabriel Resources’ Romanian subsidiary has offices in London. After lengthy debates inside parliament and widespread demonstrations throughout the country, Romania’s deputies today rejected a series of amendments designed to kick-start the...
Canadian gold giant Goldcorp had more than enough reasons to suffer from “Monday Blues,” as it began the week with a group challenging its use of lands around the Peñasquito mine in Mexico and a US$3.2 million fine for transgressions to health and safety...
Violent clashes have once again erupted between local people, police and company security guards at the giant Porgera gold and silver mine in Papua New Guinea’s highlands, operated and largely owned by the Canadian corporation Barrick Gold – the...
