Royal Bafokeng’s Rasimone mine, mentioned in the article below, is 33% owned by Anglo Platinum, itself controlled by London-listed Anglo American. Royal Bafokeng is the largest “black empowered” mining company in South Africa – the Royal Bafokeng Nation itself...
The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate closure of Sterlite Industries’ copper smelting plant in Tuticorin, dealing yet another blow to the Vedanta Group’s operations in the country. Justice Elipe Dharmarao and Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar said that the...
London Calling turns an Eagle eye on Rio Tinto Is Rio Tinto breaking the law or not? Even if the company isn’t violating a Michigan state mining act and even if the current argument is over a relatively minor issue (the laying of a power line to serve its Eagle...
Mining giant Rio Tinto Plc tried to persuade an appeals court to dismiss a long running human rights lawsuit, one of a number of cases to test the reach of U.S. judges over corporations operating on foreign soil.The lawsuit, a proposed class action, involves Rio...
Rio Tinto is creeping its way towards control of Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines at a slow but relentless pace, drawing investors’ attentions away from a multi-billion dollar mining transaction that could be as significant for Rio as Canada’s PotashCorp looks to be for BHP...
A Native leader and fishing groups travelled to Washington to try to stop development of a huge copper and gold mine in southwest Alaska. The Pebble Mine is near some of the world’s most productive wild salmon streams and is being readied for permitting...
