London-listed Centamin had seemed to be going from strength to strength with the successful development and early mining operations of Egypt’s first modern gold mine. But then came the ‘Arab Spring’, which dented the share price, but not initially the operations which...
A dispute between Papua New Guinea and Canada-based, London-listed Nautilus Minerals threatens to sink plans to mine gold and other metals for the first time from the ocean floor. (Anglo American is a major shareholder in Nautilus.) See...
Press release from the LOOSE ANTI OPEN-CAST NETWORK, 16 December 2012 On Monday, The Growth and Infrastructure Bill returns to the floor of the House of Commons for a debate on the Report stage of the Bill. The Loose Anti Opencast Network’s (LAON) view is that this is...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2012 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — Just one week after its grim warning during the UN climate talks in Doha that the world is on a path towards a four degree-rise in global temperatures, the World Bank is set to approve financing for...
Foil Vedanta PRESS RELEASE 6 December 2012 India High Commission entrance is blocked with mud as noisy protests call for a final end to Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mine Vedanta forced to close refinery as Supreme Court defers Niyamgiri verdict to January. Five thousand...
Development forced evictions involving egregious violations of fundamental human rights continue to be carried out with relative impunity. However, diverse grassroots movements worldwide are taking up a rights-based approach to challenge projects that threaten to...
