On 7 July 2010, Diodora Antonia Hernandez Cinto (a Mayan-Mam campesina woman from the mountainous village of San Jose Nueva Esperanza) was shot point-blank in the head and left for dead by two local men (mine workers) who ran off into the night. She was shot because...
Glencore International PLC is to buy a 70% stake in a Peruvian project for $475 million, its latest acquisition since listing last month and a move that expands its portfolio in the South American country to include copper. See...
After its $US39 billion bid for Canada’s Potash Corp was blocked last year, BHP Billiton, having already seen the failure of its proposed iron ore production joint venture with Rio Tinto stymied by regulators, came to the conclusion that the only segment of the...
It’s not a particularly radical scheme – and one which will ultimately depend on the dubious marketing of carbon permits in around four years time. However, the Australian government’s plan to cut global greenhouse gas emissions has the mining...
The award of a much-delayed mining permit that will turn European Goldfields (listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market) into Europe’s largest primary gold producer could also make it a prime takeover target, in a sector where players are scrambling...
(Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 20 July 2011, c1057W)) William Bain (Glasgow North East, Labour): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to his counterpart in Colombia on potential levels of population...
