Union officials said hundreds of workers went on strike at BHP’s Hillside aluminium smelter, demanding better wages and changes to working conditions. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=116583&sn=Detail&pid=92730.
The State Assembly adjourned as stalemate entered the eighth day in a row with the Opposition Congress creating hullabaloo, demanding the resignation of the chief minister and action against officials and Vedanta in the wake of the High Court judgment. See...
The roll call of damages, caused by reliance on coal, is growing. Coal tar is produced by the part-combustion of fossil fuels as they turn into carbon. Much of it is a by-product of coke manufacture, or gasifying of the raw material. And it’s almost everywhere...
The government isn’t telling us the true cost of nuclear waste disposal UK plans for ten new nuclear power plants will create £80 billion worth of radioactive waste that we still have no secure way of disposing. See...
Four years on from a court victory which saw the Kalahari Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral lands, the Botswana government has issued a statement flouting the ruling. Survival International believes that the government’s attitude to the Bushmen is...
Chinese steel giant Sinosteel Corporation and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement to extend their cooperation at the Channar iron ore project. From 2012 to 2017, the project will produce an additional 50 million tonnes of ore every year while Sinosteel sells the...
