AMCU wins permission to strike over wages at Lonmin South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has been given permission by a government mediator to call a strike over wages against world No. 3 platinum producer Lonmin, the union...
T-shirt: “Water is more precious than gold”. Photo: www.ejolt.org Mountains of Faith? Church takes on large-scale mining Faith and large-scale mining have something in common: they both move mountains. On many occasions, the Church has been an obstacle to...
The Finnish government is set to reconsider London-listed Talvivaara’s license to mine uranium, after the supreme administrative court revoked the permission granted just one year ago. The license to mine uranium was granted on March 1, and the court ruled that so...
In northern Scandinavia, locals are taking on mining giants in a bid to save an ancient environment and way of life. Mentions Anglo American, Beowulf, Talvivaara. See...
Pacific islanders have always been sustained by the ocean. Might it now make them rich – and at what cost? An analysis of deep sea mining, involving Nautilus Minerals and UK Seabed Resources. See http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/mining-the-abyss/760/.
The venue decision is expected to be made in the coming days by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The London Metal Exchange has asked a panel of U.S. judges to assign a federal court in Manhattan to handle a series of antitrust lawsuits that allege...
