Revolving doors between the UN and the mining industry

Nov 3, 2012 | News

STATEMENT  United Nations: Who wants to go through the revolving door? Latin American organizations and peasant, indigenous and African-descent communities, who live facing everyday pollution and exploitation of our lands by national and transnational megaprojects,...

Killing me softly with his song: inside another BHP Billiton AGM

Oct 25, 2012 | News

Colombia Solidarity Campaign was joined by anti-nuclear and climate activists on a protest outside the BHP Billiton AGM on 25 October. Inside, Colombian community representative Felipe Ustate and others called on the company for justice and an end to environmental destruction.

From Bougainville to Ok Tedi via Grasberg

Oct 24, 2012 | News

London Calling on a sad and sordid journey Talk about a “double whammy”. In fact, it might well be called a triple tragedy, when viewed from the perspectives of thousands of indigenous people. Since BHP Billiton’s Ok Tedi copper-gold mine came on...

South Africa gives nod to Glencore/Xstrata merger

Oct 24, 2012 | News

Glencore’s $33 billion takeover of miner Xstrata looked set to clear a regulatory hurdle on Monday as South Africa’s Competition Commission recommended that the deal was given the go-ahead. Glencore, the world’s largest diversified commodities...