Peru’s Congress has taken an important step toward incorporating the International Labor Organisation’s convention on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (ILO 169) into law, since the convention was ratified in 1994. Although broadly welcomed as an...
Three Latin American states are the envy of most other country in terms of the potential value of the major minerals that lie beneath their soil – particularly copper, iron ore and gold. Among developing nations, arguably only DR Congo, Indonesia and Mongolia...
But the “Big Australian” is dogged by criticism It’s currently one of the most successful companies anywhere, with a market capitalisation that puts it among the world’s top five corporations. But, as London-listed BHP Billiton looks forward to...
Mining and oil company BHP Billiton will invest $437m to expand the Cerrejon Coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. The company’s investment represents one third of the $1,311m expansion to be undertaken by Cerrejon Coal, with JV partners Anglo American and Xstrata...
Shares of Minara Resources jumped 36% on news of a takeover bid by London-listed Swiss-based commodities trader Glencore Resources. Glencore, which went public in May with an astonishing $11 billion IPO, already owns 73.4% of Minara, and is seeking to buy the rest of...
International humanitarian organization Oxfam America calls on Ghana’s government to address ongoing human rights violations in the West African nation’s mining industry. The call to action comes after 23-year old Kwame Eric was shot to death August 10 by an...
