Hundreds of Peruvians affected by a toxic spill are considering taking considering legal action against the Antamina mining company. Antamina is the world’s third largest copper producer and is majority owned by the British-Australian firm BHP Billiton and the...
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which represents 64% of the country’s mine workers, served gold producers with a notice today announcing they will start a strike from the nightshift of Sept. 3 after that sector’s wage talks broke down. In a statement,...
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is moving forward with massive job cuts promised at the beginning of the year: Nearly 7,000 South Africans working for the world’s largest platinum producer will be out of work come September. In January the company had warned...
The CEO of Russia’s largest potash producer, London-listed Uralkali, was arrested last week after being invited to a meeting with the Belarusian prime minister, in an escalation of the rift between the Russian miner and its former partner Belaruskali. Media...
OPPOSITION to re-opening of the mine at Panguna by the Autonomous Bougainville Government is slowly gaining momentum in Central Bougainville. Many community leaders feel that this is not the time to talk about mining. Meanwhile, the ABG [Autonomous Bougainville...
Efforts of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), belonging to London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, to mine bauxite ore in Niyamgiri hills in Odisha received a severe blow on Monday with the 12th palli (gram) sabha also voting against mining there. This is the first time an...
