Privatisation of the deep sea bed has already started, as companies move to exploit potentially highly valuable mineral deposits, lying up to 2 kms below the surface and spread over hundreds of square miles. But opposition to oceanic mining – from Indigenous...
Nearly a decade into a court battle involving Rio Tinto and its alleged role in spurring civil war in Bougainville in the South Pacific, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is suggesting mediation. See...
Tourist operators are worried that a surge in uranium mining in the south-west African nation could cause environmental destruction and the loss of their livelihoods. London-based Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto is one of the companies involved. See the...
QMM or QIT Madagascar Minerals stopped all activities on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. It occurred after the persisting roadblock set by the Fagnomba movement at Mandena. Despite Rio Tinto’s promises of exemplary behaviour, clearly not everyone around its QMM...
Rahul Gandhi claimed that he will represent the tribal people in Delhi’s power corridors. It is good that he has decided to raise the issue of displacement and dispossession of the people, their lands and forests but Niyamgiri is not just one exception. While Vedanta...
Keeping in line with the order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) has provided Rs OSPCB10 crore (100 million Rupees) bank guarantee to the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) as a safeguard against...
