LONDON-LISTED miner Bezant Resources Plc has commissioned a technical and economic study on its Mankayan copper-gold project, indicating interest in operating the mine in Benguet. In a disclosure to the London Stock Exchange, which was posted on the firm’s website,...
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) has issued a strong and clear statement, requesting a ban on uranium mining and the production of “yellowcake”. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10353. See also: No Need...
Mines and Communities launches a global Special Report Is our planet going up in smoke? NEWS RELEASE From: Mines and Communities, London 1 September 2010 Prospects are now dwindling that a binding Climate Change treaty will be agreed in Mexico later this year. But the...
Jubilee South Africa Press Statement 30 August 2010 Sekiming activsts who stood up to Anglo Platinum and its Section 21 company will be sentenced on 1 September 2010. Sixteen community members in Sekiming have been convicted of “public violence”...
India’s environment ministry damns Vedanta’s Nyamgiri mine It wasn’t a foregone conclusion. However, following the unequivocal high-level condemnation of Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mining of the Nyamgiri hills in Orissa, a fortnight back, it...
Tribals fight for their rights Indian television documentary about the struggle against Vedanta and other mining companies in Orissa http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/129855/30-minutes-tribals-fight-for-their-rights.html (Note: one lakh = one hundred thousand; one crore =...
