With cash flows rebounding in 2010, the latest set of results give a view of Cynthia Carroll’s Anglo American, after four years in the CEO’s seat. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=120996&sn=Detail&pid=92730.
You might not have noticed it, but between 60,000 and 100,000 delegates attended the World Social Forum (WSF) in Dakar, capital of Senegal, earlier this month. At the same time, of course, many thousands of people were demonstrating in Tahrir Square and elsewhere in...
Egypt’s major miner, London-listed Centamin, not long ago started exploiting gold deposits near the Red Sea. The company claims to have escaped damage during the recent upheavals, and its operations don’t appear yet to be a focus of major criticism by...
Rio Tinto continues to come under fire for its Kennecott subsidiary’s Eagle Mine operations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Some local coverage on Rio Tinto’s not-so-surprising decision to continue pursuing its wilderness 595/Woodland road to haul ore from...
Nijmegen, February 15, 2011: BankTrack today launches the Dodgy Deal map, a new tool to present the involvement of private sector banks in the worldwide financing of controversial deals and companies. The world map allows visitors to select a specific bank and/or a...
Ottawa will decide within days whether to formally weigh the benefits of merging Canada’s key stock exchange with the London Stock Exchange, Industry Minister Tony Clement says. The big banks that dominate Bay Street have been cautious in their comments on the deal....
