Anti-Vedanta activism hits the spotlight in Tamil Nadu

Vedanta’s aggressions against Dongaria Kondh, Dalit and other communities in Orissa, aren’t the only examples of the UK company’s unlawful behaviour, now confirmed by India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests. Manifold indictments of the...

BHP Billiton streets ahead of the rest

The latest numbers show BHP Billiton is continuing to widen its hefty lead on its global diversified mining peers. BHP Billiton’s results for its fiscal year to 30 June 2010 unravel much about why the group recently launched a USD 40bn hostile bid for...

Rio Tinto approves $1.6 bln for new iron ore mine

Rio Tinto on Monday signalled it was pushing ahead with its expansion plans in iron ore while it awaits competition authority clearance to form a partnership with rival BHP Billiton in Australia. The world no. 2 producer of the steel making raw material said it had...

Solidarity With the Ferrexpo Mineworkers – Poltava Ukraine

A major dispute is underway between mineworkers in Poltava in West Ukraine and London-listed Ferrexpo Plc (http://www.ferrexpo.com/), a major player on the global market mainly engaged in mining of iron ore. All three shifts in the open cast in the town of Komsomolsk,...