The forest of Skouries in northern Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula turned into a battlefield as local villagers and Syriza leaning protesters clashed with riot police. Approximately 2000 demonstrators marched peacefully to Eldorado company’s site over the severe...
Thousands of Colombians took to the streets of Ibagué, Tolima, on 19 October, to express their opposition to the proposed AngloGold Ashanti La Colosa gold mine. See photos at...
London-listed miner ENRC, controlled by a group of Kazakh billionaires, is eager to improve its reputation as details of the nature of its deals – particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – continue to emerge. Controversy surrounds ENRC’s (Eurasian...
Its been a bad couple of weeks for the coal industry in Scotland – both of its big opencast producers, also the two biggest producers in the UK, are in severe financial difficulty. Once again though, its blue-collar workers who will bear the brunt of these companies...
Anglo De Beers put in the frame The Kimberley Certification Process (KP) was ostensibly designed to keep “blood diamonds” off global markets. Not only has it failed to do so, but it is actively promoting the human rights atrocities it pledged to wipe out....
The company says it is delaying dismissals at its Union and Amandelbult mines but will not reinstate the 12,000 workers fired at its Rustenburg mines. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=160444&sn=Detail&pid=92730.
