Phulbari Day was observed yesterday (Sunday 26 August) in Bangladesh. Protesters led by the country’s National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports marched in honour of those who were killed while protesting against the Phulbari...
The world’s number one miner, BHP Billiton, has delayed its $30 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion and said no major projects would be approved until June 2013 as it tries cutting costs. See...
In August 2011, Reuters reported that the world’s biggest mining company, BHP Billiton, had agreed to pay US$19. 6 million in back royalties to the Colombian government. This was in return for its being allowed to continue operating Latin America’s biggest...
Glencore’s merger with Xstrata close to collapse Glencore chief executive Ivan Glasenberg says he could walk away from the deal rather than give in to shareholder demands. See...
Following the demand to implement an independent environmental monitoring programme in Espinar, Peru, the local NGO “Vicaría de la Solidaridad” got funds and technical support from the German Catholic Bishops’ Organization for Development Cooperation “Misereor”....
The European Union is funding a drive to develop a regulatory system for sea bed mining in the Pacific by SOPAC, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, specifically its Applied Geoscience and Technology Division. SOPAC’s avowed purpose is to “help...
