The use of rare earths in electronics devices such as smart phones, batteries and hard drives is well-known, but a lesser-explored area is how the rare metals might be recycled. Doing so would not only cut down on e-waste, but could go some way towards mitigating the...
The UK Action Plan on Business and Human Rights will bring little comfort to victims of corporate abuse, says UK NGO Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID). The Action Plan is a damp squib more concerned with pandering to the concerns of British business...
Press release from CORE Coalition, Wednesday 4 September 2013 A coalition of human rights and development NGOs, alongside unions, has given a cautious welcome to today’s launch of an official UK government Action Plan on Business and Human Rights by Vince Cable and...
On a dirt road passing through sparkling lakes and spruce woods in the wilds of northern Sweden, a woman belonging to Europe’s only indigenous people – the Sami – chants a traditional, high-pitched tune. Since the end of the last Ice Age, the Sami...
Protest against human rights abuses linked with mining in the Philippines Human rights abuses against anti-mining advocates are picking up in the Philippines. Once more there have been killings of opponents of Glencore Xstrata’s Tampakan mine in Mindanao. Tribal...
US authorities have warned BHP Billiton that they are looking into issues that could lead to the world’s No.1 mining company having to face action over potential breaches of anti-corruption laws, related mainly to terminated projects and its sponsorship of the...
