Following the September 2012 Marikana massacre of protesting mineworkers, a chequered “pattern” of re-hiring and firing is emerging in South Africa’s gold and platinum fields. A few mine managers have taken back workers they previously sacked, but...
It is now ten years since BHP left Papua New Guinea. When it did so it gave its shareholding in the giant Ok Tedi gold and copper mine to the people of PNG. That shareholding is still held in a Singapore-based company called PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd...
Human rights protest mars Indonesia’s state visit to London A demonstration by Survival International and dozens of human rights protesters has marred the start of Indonesia’s first state visit to London in 33 years. Protesters held banners and chanted slogans outside...
In its latest global pollution report, the US-based Blacksmith Institute finds that wastes from mining, lead smelters, industrial dumps and other toxic sites are impacting on the health of an estimated 125 million people in 49 low- and middle-income countries. The...
Indonesia’s Bakrie family has agreed in principle to compensate coal tycoon Samin Tan for his soured $1 billion investment in their joint Bumi Plc stake, meaning the partnership was heading for “divorce”, executives at Tan’s firm said recently....
In a decision that represents the end of any judicial relief in Canada for victims of the Kilwa massacre, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application for leave to appeal brought in the case against Anvil Mining by The Canadian Association against Impunity...
