BHP Billiton presnted its annual report to shareholders at its London AGM on 21 October. At a meeting the evening before, London Mining Network presented BHP Billiton 2009-10 – other sides to the story: case studies questioning the company’s record on...
Chile’s president, Sebastian Pinera, arrives in London on Monday 18 October in his first overseas trip since the “miracle” rescue of the 33 miners, trapped underground at the San Jose mine since August. Pinera is said to be bringing rocks from the...
On the eve of the PR Week Awards, Survival has presented its ’PR Disaster of the Year’ Award to Finsbury PR and its founder Roland Rudd for their work with FTSE-100 mining company Vedanta Resources. Finsbury is the retained PR agency for Vedanta Resources, which has...
Caving to opposition from all sides, the two firms shelved the joint venture that they claim would have reaped more than $10bn in savings, 16 months after they first unveiled the plan. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page39?oid=113134&sn=Detail.
In an uncanny replication of last week’s red mud disaster in Hungary, a settling pond gave way on October 8th at the Moma wet-dredge titanium mine in Mozambique. Flood waters coursed into a nearby village, leading to the disappearance – and likely drowning...
First Nations chiefs plan legal Potash challenge A group of resident First Nations chiefs are threatening to file a court injunction to force revenue sharing at the company, which could scupper its takeover by mining giant BHP Billiton. See...
