10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Nagoya, 18 – 29 October 2010 30 Oct: CBD/COP10 in Nagoya was gavelled to a close at 3:00am this morning. Its outputs, though better than expected, have limitations: they do not do...
London mining Network member group Down to Earth organised a ‘Deadly Coal’ tour in Europe for activists from JATAM, the Indonesian network against destructive mining. Siti Maemunah and Kahar visited Brussels, the Netherlands, London, Edinburgh and the...
It’s almost five years since civil society organisations, joined by local Indigenous and settler communities, tried to halt the opening of Bangladesh’s biggest-ever mine, the Phulbari coal project, managed by UK-listed GCM Resources. Last weekend the...
The world’s most profitable mining company, BHP Billiton, came in for varied criticisms at its London annual shareholder meeting last week. The “Big Australian”s failure to implement promises in Colombia; potential damage from a planned coal mine in...
A long-standing conflict, and labyrinthine legal process, over construction of a huge tailings dam in Northern Chile, has forced residents opposing the project to take direct action. London-listed mining company Antofagasta PLC owns the Los Pelambres, El Tesoro and...
The government of Saskatchewan is expected to announce it will not support BHP Billiton’s hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, due to fears of substantial revenue loss. See...
