Australian mining company Riversdale’s biggest shareholder, Indian company Tata Steel, has upped its stake setting the stage for a long drawn out battle with Rio Tinto which, analysts aver, may not be able to get full control. See...
Urgent concern for safety of human rights defenders of San Miguel Ixtahuacán following peaceful protests We denounce the human rights violations and abuses committed against peaceful protesters in San Miguel Ixtahuacán, Guatemala. The protest, demanding compliance...
Tucked away in the hills of northeastern Colombia, a gold mine led by Canada’s Greystar has split local communities between those who call it a blessing and environmentalists who brand it a curse. The Angostura project illustrates one risk facing new oil and...
Nick Hildyard works with LMN member group The Corner House, a pressure group and think tank in the UK, known for, among other things, taking the UK government to court for squashing a police investigation into alleged corruption by arms manufacturer BAE Systems in...
A new scientific study, published by the New York Academy of Sciences, estimates that the burning of US coal costs the nation up to US$500 billion a year in “hidden” health, economic and environmental costs. The study’s author, Dr Paul Epstein,...
Britain is throwing its weight behind European efforts to force oil and mining companies to publish details of every penny they pay to governments in poor countries where they operate. George Osborne told his fellow G20 finance ministers in Paris on Saturday that the...
