Recently, a Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc., citing an unfavourable financial context for metal mining investment globally, announced the suspension of three mega projects, among them the emblematic Cerro Blanco gold project located in Guatemala, only 18...
DMCI Mining Corp. said it will keep Toledo Mining Corp. listed on the London Stock Exchange. DMCI Holdings president Isidro Consunji said Toledo Mining would remain listed because more than 25 percent of the company’s shares were still owned by minority shareholders....
Nuclear experts slam Fukushima nuclear plant operators over not admitting toxic water releases Foreign nuclear experts have blasted the operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with one saying its lack of transparency over toxic water leaks showed...
Coal has been the key energy source for the industrial revolution, providing amenities that most of us take for granted today—including electricity, new materials (steel, plastics, cement and fertilizers), fast transportation, and advanced communications. But now the...
There’s a strong case to be made that coal is humankind’s thorniest problem. It’s the chief source of the world’s energy—it currently keeps the lights on in 40 percent of the world—and simultaneously the globe’s biggest contributor to...
THE LOOSE ANTI OPENCAST NETWORK LAON Press Release 2013 – 31, 7 August 2013 According to various items of news concerning the collapse of UK Coal Operations it has been very much ‘business as usual’ at opencast sites operated by the company UK Coal Production, now the...
