In a battle that will be a proxy for the political brawl in Canberra and elsewhere between business, climate change believers and the Abbott government, BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest miner, has told shareholders to reject a noted climate change activist who...
A displaced Colombian indigenous group has shut down BHP’s Cerro Matoso, the world’s no. 2 ferronickel mine, with protests. The Zenu people started protesting one week ago, and blocked road access to the site on Wednesday, bringing operations to a halt....
AN Aboriginal elder has lost a protracted court bid to block the $30 billion expansion to the Olympic Dam copper, uranium and gold mine in South Australia. Kevin Buzzacott first took his case to the Federal Court in early 2012, claiming then federal Environment...
First Nations leader George Poitras was in the UK recently to testify to policymakers and MPs about the impacts of the Canadian tar sands industry on Indigenous Peoples in Alberta, and to encourage the UK to support the labelling of tar sands fuel as highly polluting...
Vedanta’s operations in India suffer another blow after the Dongria Kondhs voted against the development of a bauxite mine in Niyamgiri. Despite this show of feeling there is, however, some confusion as to whether the authorities have granted permission....
A fact-finding mission has recorded a growing number of human rights violations featuring mining in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya. These involve multinational mining companies including the Australian based OceanaGold and Royalco, as well as the British Metals...
