London-based Anglo American is a major shareholder in Nautilus. Truly astonishing story of how Nautilus got mineral rights in Tongan waters A project to dig minerals from the seabed off Papua New Guinea could signal a new era of mining in the world’s most remote and...
Indebted Bumi keeps digging up Borneo World ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service recently downgraded Bumi’s credit rating over concerns of default as its debts remained huge even after the debt settlement. Meanwhile, the company will likely report significant...
Alcoa complains to UK, US regulators about warehousing Alcoa Inc, the world’s second-largest aluminium producer, has complained to British and U.S. market regulators about a proposal by the London Metal Exchange to overhaul the LME’s warehousing policy....
Press Release by Down to Earth and London Mining Network London, Tuesday 22nd October 2013 The board of controversial mining giant BHP Billiton is set to be slammed at its AGM by an Indonesian activist over seven coal concessions collectively covering an area of more...
An indigenous woman from La Guajira in the north of Colombia has travelled directly from the continuing blockade of a controversial coal mine, directly to London to attend the AGM of BHP Billiton, the company that co-owns the Cerrejón mine. On October 15, more than...
On the 30th of September, 2013, Adelina Gómez Gaviria was gunned down by paramilitaries in the small township of Almaguer, department of Cauca, Colombia. Her eldest son, aged 13, was wounded in the attack. The 36-year-old mother of three was returning home after a...
