Indigenous Alaskans and fisheries workers say no to Anglo project

Representatives of Alaskan Indigenous, commercial and recreational fishermermen and women were in London over the past week to tell Anglo American and its investors to scrap the proposed Pebble Mine copper and gold project in the headwaters of Bristol Bay. At a public...

Canada blocks BHP takeover bid for Potash

The Canadian government has blocked mining giant BHP Billiton’s hostile takeover bid for the fertiliser group Potash Corporation. The government said it was not convinced that the deal was in the Canadian interest. BHP said it was “disappointed” with...

Green win signals shift in mine approvals

BHP Billiton has shelved plans for a vast new coal mine under a conservation area south of Sydney, after a scathing review by the state’s Planning Assessment Commission found that society would be better off if the coal remained in the ground. The findings...

Protest at Anglo's Alaskan quest

Fifty jewellers with billions of pounds in sales and stores around the world have pledged to boycott Anglo American’s planned Pebble project in Alaska, saying they will not use gold from the proposed mine as it threatens Bristol Bay, the world’s most...

Celebrities back Survival's call to boycott Botswana diamonds

Gillian Anderson, Quentin Blake, Joanna Lumley, Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Rylance are amongst the celebrities who have pledged not to travel to Botswana or wear its diamonds until the Bushmen are allowed to live on their ancestral lands in peace. Celebrated jeweller,...