A recent report by Publish What You Pay singled out Norway as a favoured European “secrecy jurisdiction” for extractive industry corporates, but the Netherlands isn’t far behind. Schiphol airport is home to AA Holdings Argentina BV, part of Anglo American plc, while...
A lawyer with a division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community says deep-sea mineral exploration and mining will be hugely beneficial to the Pacific Islands. Hannah Lily, who’s with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Pacific Geoscience Commission, aims...
Two native bands in British Columbia have accused Rio Tinto-Alcan of diverting water towards a massive aluminium smelter, thus causing a decline in their traditional stocks of fish. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11241.
A Ghanaian business magazine has revealed that the state holds no stake in any of five major gold mining enterprises operating in the country. Ghana’s Mine Workers Union is calling for a windfall tax to be applied to excess profits made by the industry. Among...
Pakistan’s Baluchistan provincial government has re-iterated its opposition to a major copper-gold project, being touted by UK-listed Antofagasta and Canada’s Barrick Gold. Among its objections are a claim that the two companies have failed to reveal the...
Protesters from the Occupy LSX demonstration marched from St Paul’s cathedral to join anti-nuclear campaigners, supporters of London Mining Network member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign and others outside yesterday’s BHP Billiton AGM. See short video...
