If anything is certain about the stances of Australian politicans on coal mining and coal-seam gas exploitation, it’s that nothing is certain. The country’s powerful farmers’ federation wants the right to negotiate access to their land by mining...
If you put together the 2010 uranium output from mines owned by Rio Tinto (in Namibia and Australia), along with output from BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia, these two London-listed companies rank equally (at 16%) with Cameco (Canada) and Areva ...
As the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe that began on March 11, 2011 now continues beyond 161 days, news accounts indicate that the accident maybe worsening and the scope of radioactive contamination widening. See...
Despite a report in a UK newspaper that said Anglo American was considering a rival bid for Australia’s Macarthur Coal, investors remain cautious as to the actual likelihood of a second bid. See...
Zimbabwe’s government has given foreign companies including miners and banks a 14-day ultimatum to submit plans on how they propose to transfer majority stakes to local owners or risk losing permits. A number of mining companies, including Rio Tinto and Impala...
If there were any lingering doubts that India’s Ministry of forests and environment (MoEF) succumbed to government pressure in permitting the potentially disastrous POSCO project, it has surely now been laid to rest. In this article, Times of India journalist...
