In its corporate old age BHP Billiton is getting a little forgetful. A little over two weeks ago the company took investment analysts on a tour of a few of its half-completed metallurgical coal mines in Queensland. In the opening presentation BHP Billiton’s newly...
There are two words that BHP-Billiton really seems to choke on these days: thermal coal. In a 47-page briefing released just over two weeks ago on the company’s global coal interests, thermal coal (or ‘energy coal’ as the company quaintly prefers to describe it)...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was met by a large crowd of protesters from 30 environmental and human rights groups when he visited London yesterday. Five activists were arrested after blocking the entrance to Harper’s speech and scaling the roof of...
On Wednesday a group of eighteen Dongria Kond from the threatened Niyamgiri mountain range in Odisha, India descended on Bhubaneswar to meet the Odisha Governor SC Jamir demanding that all affected villages are consulted on how their religious and cultural rights...
During a rally of defiance, India’s Dongria Kondh have vowed to defend their Niyamgiri Hills against an open pit mine by British mining giant Vedanta Resources, and demanded the release of village leaders ahead of consultations about the mine. Dongria leader Lodu...
Amnesty International urges authorities in the eastern Indian state of Odisha to fully respect a recent Supreme Court ruling and hold village assembly (gram sabha) meetings in all of 80-odd Dongria Kondh Adivasi (Indigenous) and other Adivasi villages in Niyamgiri...
