Last week, four coal miners went to their deaths, overwhelmed by floodwaters three hundred feet underground in the Gleision colliery, South Wales. It was the biggest tragedy of its kind for the Welsh nation (Cymru) in more than two decades – perhaps rendered...
Indonesian workers at the world’s largest gold – and third biggest copper – mine have started a one month strike, demanding payment of a just wage. Eight thousand of them went on strike in July 2011 but failed to win meaningful concessions from the...
A giant black wasp has been identified as a new species, recently discovered in the Mekongga Mountains of Southeast Sulawesi. (The report at the link below mistakenly describes the mountain range as being in Southwest Sulawesi). One of the problems faced by this...
MINING should not be the first thing on every Bougainvilleans mind, Me’ekamui spokesman Philip Takaung said. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of the Paruparu Jaba road the Me’ekamui vice president said the environment should be the first thing people should be...
Rio Tinto plans to sell “a lot” of the output from the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project in Mongolia to China, and is in discussions with smelters in China, Rio Tinto’s U.S. Copper Chief Financial Officer said at an industry event. See...
Vedanta has suffered another setback in its fight-back to expand the aluminium refinery in Orissa after the Union environment ministry had struck down its environment clearance for violations. The Cuttack bench of the Orissa High Court backed the environment ministry...
