BHP Billiton has cleared the last external hurdle for a planned $10 billion expansion of its Port Hedland harbour in Western Australia that would help the world’s biggest miner double output of iron ore. BHP won environmental approval from the federal government...
No margin for error http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/ColumnsOthers/No-margin-for-error/Article1-865997.aspx Bluefin tuna record Fukushima radioactivity http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18239107 Japan’s Former Leader Condemns Nuclear Power Chernobyl...
On Tuesday 5 June, the streets of the city of Ibagué were filled with the people of Tolima, united in their call to defend life, their water sources and territory. Over 30,000 people participated in the third march against large-scale mining, emphatically rejecting...
On 1 June Colombians, Latin Americans, British people, and people from other countries peacefully gathered outside the Colombian embassy in London in solidarity with the people of Tolima, Colombia, whose livelihoods are under threat by the devastating consequences...
Peru uses emergency rules to end violent protests at Xstrata mine Protesters in the Peruvian province of Espinar have accused Xstrata’s Tintaya mine of causing pollution, and demanded an increase in donations that the company makes towards local development...
Action Alert from JATAM (Indonesian mining advocacy network) Among London-listed mining companies active in Indonesia are Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Churchill Mining. Support ANTI MINING DAY (HATAM) Commemoration, 29 May 2012 INDONESIAN SOVEREIGNTY WITHOUT MINING...
