The Simandou mountains in Guinea holds some of the richest iron ore deposits in the world and has the potential to transform the fortunes of the impoverished West African nation. But that’s all Simandou constitutes at the moment – potential. World number two...
Wisconsin Resources Protection Council statement, 29 October 2013 Back in 2007 the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council (WRPC; Tomahawk, WI) embarked on a mission to hold Flambeau Mining Company (FMC) accountable for water pollution problems caused by the...
Friends of the Earth say expansion of BHP Billiton’s Indomet project will cause deforestation and damage rivers of the upper Barito basin. See http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/07/fears-orangutans-bhp-urged-abandon-coalmine.
BHP Billiton has formally surrendered its right to build a new $US5 billion coal terminal at the port of Abbot Point on the north Queensland coast of Australia, as part of its response to persistent weakness in global coal markets. See...
The Navajo Nation has signed an agreement to purchase Navajo Mine, west of Farmington, New Mexico, linking the tribe’s future to a decades-old coal mine whose sole customer faces increased scrutiny from federal regulators. The tribe will take ownership of the mine...
A charity funding social projects in Papua New Guinea is fighting the government for the return of the Ok Tedi copper mine, after the state took full ownership of the mine that BHP Billiton handed over more than a decade ago. Papua New Guinea’s parliament passed...
