Dispute over Xstrata Nickel mine sparks riot in front of Dominican Congress Two groups in dispute over the Glencore Xstrata nickel mine project at Loma Mirada (central) unleashed a riot in front of Congress Wednesday morning, hurling stones and debris at each other,...
After Rio Tinto had its approval to expand a mine in Australia’s Hunter Valley overturned by a court, it entered into a flurry of correspondence with the New South Wales Government. The government joined with Rio to appeal the decision and now wants to change...
The birthplace of Aristotle is under threat from large-scale mining by London-listed Eldorado Gold, but a wave of social unrest threatens to derail the government’s economic agenda, writes Jen Wilton. See more at:...
Protest again Glencore Xstrata’s Tampakan project in the Philippines London Mining Network (LMN) has long been concerned about the impacts of the activities of London-listed mining giants Glencore and Xstrata. Now that the two companies have merged to form a...
The top 5 UK banks (HSBC, Barclays, Standard Chartered, RBS and Lloyds) are complicit in fuelling climate change and destroying communities and the environment in the rainforests of Indonesian Borneo through their financing of an Indonesian coal boom, according to a...
Celebration of New Internationalist’s 40th anniversary 7 – 10pm, Amnesty International UK Human Rights Action Centre. Join New Internationalist editors and guest speakers including: Lindsey Hilsum (Channel 4), Dan Smith (International Alert), John Hilary...
