The vultures who have picked over and coughed out the bones of this bond include Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered and JP Morgan. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=12324&l=1.
Photo by David P Ball Greek activists travelled to Vancouver, Canada, last week to highlight the social and environmental impacts of mining company Eldorado’s activities in the region of Halkidiki, which happens to be the homeland of Aristotle. Eldorado Gold, a...
A fortnight ago, twenty eight workers went to their deaths at Freeport-Rio Tinto’s Grasberg mine in Papua. Last Friday, yet another employee was critically injured during another “accident”, leading to renewed calls by trade unions for a thorough...
Statement presented in May 2013 at the 12th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples Issues in the United Nations, New York, by the organization and movement of Sütsüin Jiyeyu Wayuu – Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu (SJW-FMW). The statement specifically...
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has invalidated the Indonesian government’s claim to millions of hectares of forest land, potentially giving indigenous and local communities the right to manage their customary forests. While the decision – if...
Barrick is a Canadian company in which there is major British investment (see http://moneytometal.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Barrick&go=Go). Barrick’s suspended Pascua-Lama gold project will likely be reactivated in one to two years at...
