History shows that the Canadian miner faces determined and sustained opposition on environmental grounds, but it could have its treasure if it pledged a measure of it to the local population. See...
The environmental authority of Tolima has ordered multinational gold miner AngloGold Ashanti to stop its controversial activities in a central Colombia village, saying it broke rules on mining exploration and water use. The company’s mining activities, which...
US raises serious concerns over Oyu Tolgoi’s environmental, social impact World number two miner Rio Tinto has suffered another setback at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia after the US refused to vote on World Bank funding to expand the massive copper-gold project in...
Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) press release, 15 March 2013 Big question marks now hang over the British Coal Industry and whether it will be able to play out the role prescribed for it in the short to medium term. That role was to provide the country with an...
For Mozambican tribal queen Zoria Macajo, the thatched-hut village of Capanga, nestled in the hills above the Zambezi river, has been her family’s home for generations. For mining giant Rio Tinto it is a headache sitting on top of one of the world’s...
Papua New Guinea’s copper-rich island of Bougainville plans to introduce legislation that will see traditional landowners share mineral rights with their government. President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government John Momis has told Radio Australia’s...
