Diversified miner Anglo American and cement producer Lafarge have completed the merger of their UK-based assets after receiving the final go-ahead from the UK Competition Commission. The newly formed 50:50 joint venture (JV), Lafarge Tarmac, comprised the parties’...
London-based multinational resource group Anglo American will continue with the works already underway at its US$3.3bn Quellaveco copper project in Moquegua region of Peru while updated technical and financial reports are prepared for the board of directors, a company...
Anglo American announced last week it has appointed current AngloGold Ashanti CEO, Mark Cutifani, as Cynthia Carroll’s replacement. Carroll, who took the reins at the transnational miner in March of 2007 announced in October last year that she would be stepping...
An environmental lawyer who has already helped several towns ban mining in their territory said he will help create a provincial assembly in western Colombia with more powers to exclude mining. Juan Ceballos, a lawyer with a passion for the environment, plans to help...
A new study shows that attempts to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, from the year 2020, will be far more costly than taking urgent steps to do so now. If the measures – dependent on a realistic pricing of carbon emissions – are delayed until...
Local inhabitants armed with spears and slingshots have been protesting against the low prices the company paid to buy their land and the employment policy at its mineral sands operation near Fort-Dauphin at the island’s south-east tip. They blocked workers of...
