TWO of the world’s leading stock exchanges for resource stocks have announced a “merger of equals” to create a transatlantic group with a market capitalisation of $C5.8 trillion ($A5.7 trillion). The combined group will have joint headquarters in London and Toronto,...
February 9, 2011 Media Contacts: Paula Palmer, Director, Global Response Program, Cultural Survival, 00 1 303 444-0306, paula@cs.org Joanna Levitt, Executive Director, International Accountability Project, 00 1 415-659-0555, joanna@accountabilityproject.org Rumana...
The Pebble Project is owned by Anglo American and Northern Dynasty (in which Rio Tinto is a major shareholder). News from Earthworks Action (http://www.earthworksaction.org/home.cfm) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Monday 7th February that it will...
The UK government’s decision to delay implementation of the landmark Bribery Act for the second time casts serious doubt on its commitment to combating corruption, say major aid agencies. Global Witness, Tearfund, CAFOD and Christian Aid made the challenge to...
The Indian Summers are finally over. Jairam Ramesh, India’s environment minister, has betrayed earlier expectations (boosted particularly by his decision last year to ban Vedanta’s Nyamgiri mine) that he would put people and environment before trade and...
The Indian ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has informed the Orissa high court that the application by Vedanta Aluminium Ltd. (VAL) for expansion of its Lanjigarh refinery cannot be considered at all as the company has violated environment laws seriously. The...
