Fukushima disaster worse than ever

Why the Fukushima disaster is worse than Chernobyl Japan has been slow to admit the scale of the meltdown. But now the truth is coming out. See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/why-the-fukushima-disaster-is-worse-than-chernobyl-2345542.html Fukushima Blows...

BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion

Information provided by Friends of the Earth, Adelaide The Federal and South Australian Governments are currently considering the final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. This is the last stage of the approval process,...

Protests against Platreef in South Africa

LIMPOPO COMMUNITY & JUBILEE MOKOPANE STOP THE OPERATION OF 27 PROSPECTING RIGS OF PLATREEF RESOURCES TODAY 30 AUG 2011 URGENT ALERT ISSUED BY JUBILEE MOKOPANE (JUBILEE SOUTH AFRICA) 30 August 2011, 13h30 Contact: Phillipos Dolo +27 (0) 73 789 2489, Lesiba Lamola...

Rio Tinto ups Ivanhoe stake 2% to 48.5%

By exercising its right to acquire shares in the exploration company led by Robert Friedland, Rio Tinto upped its stake to 48.5% and, under the current deal between the two companies, can boost the stake further to 49%. See...

Phulbari tragedy victims remembered

The people of Phulbari upazila observed Phulbari Day in honour of the protestors who were killed during firing by law enforcers in 2006. Commemorating the deceased, Phulbari people built an altar on the riverbank of Chhoto Jamuna and started laying flowers at the...