UK bank HSBC has been accused in the USA, along with JPMorgan, of manipulating silver prices. See http://www.winonapost.com/stock/functions/VDG_Pub/detail.php?choice=39230&home_page=&archives=.
Carmen Mejía works courageously to defend the human rights of marginalized Mayan communities in Guatemala. Her life is at risk because she has dared to speak out about a controversial gold mine and the impacts that local people have denounced. The Marlin Mine is...
Communities, Provinces, and States around the world are seeking to ban Uranium Mining. For a collection of declarations on the subject, see http://www.uranium-network.org/.
Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton held its Australian AGM in Perth, Western Australia, on Tuesday 16 November. The company came in for strong criticism on a number of issues and was presented with an alternative annual report, Other Sides to the Story:...
A major new coal mine, at Illawarra in Australia, proposed by Melbourne and London-listed BHP Billiton, has been severely knocked on its head – though not quite killed-off. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, a “scathing review” by the New South...
A federal judge has voided a permit for the expansion of one of two operating coal mines on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico and ordered the US federal government to review potential effects of the proposed expansion on cultural resources and the environment. The...
