Diversified miner Sherritt International Corp said it would take a majority stake in the Sulawesi nickel project in Indonesia. The Toronto-based company said it would acquire a 57.5 percent equity stake in the holding company that owns the Sulawesi Project, while...
Last month’s Forum on Mining, Climate Change and Well-being, held in the Peruvian capital, Lima, was attended by 376 Indigenous persons and partners from seventeen countries. The participants issued a ringing Declaration, stating their intention to...
More than 40% of the paramo in the northwesterly department of Piura, Peru is under mining concessions. These high altitude wetlands are vital sources of water for the arid lowlands where important export agriculture operations are situated. According to this article,...
But the public isn’t allowed to participate properly Vancouver-based Greystar reports that a public hearing took place to consider the Environmental Impact Study for its controversial Angostura project. However, Colombian deputy, Roberto Schmalbach, reports that...
A recently announced lawsuit against HudBay Minerals Inc points to the industry’s failure to take responsibility for corporate abuses beyond Canadian borders. Paradoxically, the company recently won an award for Corporate Social Responsibility from the Mining...
Global warming, mining, new “Cold War” go hand in hand The USA and Canada have markedly increased joint efforts to assert sovereignty over the Arctic sea-bed and the vast natural resources lying there. If exploited, these could prove to be the most...
