Ecotierra in Tolima, Colombia, reported that in the face of student protests and international support, the University of Tolima declined on 19 January to sign a research contract with AngloGold Ashanti for research work to facilitate the company’s plans to mine...
AngloGold Ashanti wins spoof award for environmental destruction and human rights abuse in Ghana. See http://publiceye.ch/en/news/press-release-january-10th-2011/. See the company’s response at...
Controversial plans have been drawn up to dig opencast mines on the edge of Wearside in northern England. A major mining firm has identified two green-belt areas either side of Pittington, on the Sunderland-County Durham border, as “strategic coal sites” with some...
Mapungubwe, one of South Africa’s historic and environmental jewels, is in danger of losing its prestigious World Heritage Site status. Tensions and competing interests between the Department of Mineral Resources and the Department of Environmental Affairs hang...
India says willing to reconsider Vedanta refinery plan Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said that he was willing to revive Vedanta Resources’ plans to expand its alumina refinery in Orissa provided the firm met certain conditions. See...
Botswana’s government has green-lighted a massive $3bn mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – in the middle of the Kalahari Bushmen’s appeal against the Botswana authorities’ refusal to allow them access to water there. London-listed Gem Diamonds announced that...
