Bougainville Copper Limited, or BCL, is a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. Last month the President of the European Shareholders of Bougainville Copper (ESBC) Axel Sturm publicly raised concerns over the volatility of BCL’s share prices. In an interview with PNG Industry...
Mining companies active in Kazakhstan have urged authorities to remove bureaucratic hurdles to investment in order to encourage overdue exploration of prospective metals deposits in the Central Asian state. Companies including global mining giant Rio Tinto and...
The world’s leading mineworkers federation, ICEM, has vigorously condemned recent attacks against employees of one of Indonesia’s biggest mines. A military brigade, serving the interests of London-listed Bumi Resources, has allegedly severely beaten twenty...
MEDIA RELEASE FRIDAY 20th APRIL 20212 MINING GIANT SEEKS COSTS FROM ARABUNNA ELDER AFTER RULING ON CHALLENGE TO FEDERAL APPROVAL OF THE OLYMPIC DAM EXPANSION In a packed courtroom today Justice Besanko dismissed Uncle Kevin Buzzacott’s challenge of the Federal...
Protesters say Rio’s record makes a mockery of Lord Coe’s promise of the greenest Games ever Two of the world’s biggest mining companies endured a barrage of protests last Thursday, as a broad coalition of unions, individuals, social and...
As London 2012 draws near, and the world’s media goes into Olympics overdrive, we need to focus on some of the Games’ corporate suppliers and sponsors. Much has been said about some of the front line sponsors, but last week both unions and environmental and human...
