Representatives of Utah Moms for Clean Air and Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment have warned citizens of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, of the dangers of allowing a large open pit mine close to their community. They point to the example of Rio Tinto...
Politicians in charge during the Papua New Guinea’s decade-long Bougainville war are landing advisory jobs with Australian mining companies, while the victims still await justice, writes Kristian Lasslet. The war was sparked by local outrage at pollution caused...
Perle Zafinandro Fourquet Those dispossessed of their land by the Rio Tinto/QMM mining project in Taolagnaro (southeastern Madagascar) are asking for a fair compensation since 2010. Perle Zafinandro Fourquet and her friends created the “Fagnomba” association to defend...
Rio Tinto’s new CEO, Sam Walsh, is swiftly going ahead with his plans for getting rid of non-core operations to curb costs and bolster the company’s balance sheet by putting the “for sale” sign out on portions of its Australian coal operations. The...
IndustriALL Global Union is pleased to welcome Matthew Wenban-Smith as new Managing Director of the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). The appointment marks an important milestone in establishing IRMA as the first global certification programme in the...
An operation to recover the body of a man who was killed in a mining accident in the Irish Republic is continuing, almost 48 hours after his death. Mario Francis was working in Lisheen Mine, near Thurles in County Tipperary, when the roof of a tunnel collapsed. The...
