On 25 January, London free paper Metro reported: “A spectacular light show was held at the London Eye to mark a three-year deal between the tourist attraction and EDF Energy. The illumination, which took place at sunrise at the newly-named EDF Energy London Eye,...
The floods that have ravaged Australia could reduce that country’s coal exports by 15 million metric tons in the first quarter, or 20%, according to a report released by the Australian government. Since late December, monsoon rains have caused the worst flooding...
HOW much does it cost to bring down a prime minister? The answer: a tad over $22 million. That’s how much the mining industry spent in six weeks last year on its campaign against Kevin Rudd’s plan for a resource super profit tax. The advertising and public...
China’s dependency on iron ore is going to grow – that much is sure. Steel output is the rock on which its rapid industrialisation project is based. But from where, and at what price, will the world’s most populous country (and second biggest...
A Bougainville MP – and former mining minister – has cast strong doubt on the validity of recent statements projected an early re-start for Rio Tinto’s long-closed Panguna mine. The Panguna mine is owned by Rio Tinto subsidiary, Bougainville Copper...
In the most important mining takeover yet this year, Rio Tinto is set to acquire Australia’s Riversdale which has mines in Mozambique and other projects in southern Africa. As Mines and Communities pointed out last December: “Rio Tinto’s initial...
