London Mining Network has published a report calling on the government to include a review of regulatory regimes as part of the current discussion on the Financial Services Bill. The Bill is replacing the existing FSA with a new body, the Financial Conduct Authority,...
Mongolian livestock herders are worried that a series of massive gold and copper mining projects will dry up scarce water reserves and exacerbate desertification in the delicate Gobi Desert when operations begin next year to tap one of the world’s largest copper...
Bankwatch recently hosted a discussion about the role of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in financing mining The EBRD has a mandate to promote democracy, market economies and sustainable development (in the debatable belief that these three...
Anil Agarwal, chair of Vedanta Resources plc, has been elected “Businessman of the Year” by a panel put together by India’s Economic Times. It’s a risible decision, even by the panel’s own narrow criteria. See...
One person has been killed and at least four injured in clashes between police and protesters at a gold mine in the northern Ancash region of Peru. The mine is run by Canadian company Barrick Gold, in which there is major British investment (see...
Colombia’s mines and energy ministry (Minminas) is discussing an extension to negotiations of one of the contracts held by Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton for the Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine, mines and energy minister Federico Renjifo told reporters. See...
