Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to British Columbia “There have been massive radiation spikes in Canada because of Fukushima,” said Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility. “The authorities don’t want...
Submissions to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 79th Session with regard to the United Kingdom’s responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples overseas in the context of UK transnational...
Doubts have been raised in Colombia about possible adverse environmental issues in relation to AngloGold Ashanti’s big La Colosa gold project See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page103118?oid=132411&sn=Detail&pid=92730. Colombia’s...
In a report published on July 19, the Argentine branch of the environmental group Greenpeace charged that operations by the Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corporation in the Andes at the border with Chile had already significantly damaged three small glaciers. Citing a...
Miner Xstrata has made an all-cash bid for privately held Canadian miner First Coal Corporation, it said on Thursday, with an offer valuing the firm at $153 million. Xstrata, the fourth largest global diversified miner, said the board of First Coal had unanimously...
London-based Anglo American has delayed board approval for its Quellaveco copper project in southern Peru’s Moquegua region as it is still waiting for water permits to be granted. See...
