UK analyst Simon Hunt may be the only researcher in his field with a true measure of what’s currently happening in metal markets. Then again, he might not. Hunt has recently re-examined the apparent boom in prices over the last six months, trying to determine...
Shadrack Temaramotsoane is one of 22 former gold-miners suing Anglo American for alleged negligence which they say led to them contracting silicosis between 1960 and 1980. They claim the mining company is responsible for their cloudy, diseased lungs by issuing...
Alternative Report on world’s biggest mining company BHP Billiton, the world’s largest diversified resources company – producing oil as well as coal, copper, diamonds, iron ore, manganese, nickel, uranium and a number of other minerals – boasts...
Thursday 29 October 2009 “While you are getting a good standard of life … we Wayuu are eating food contaminated with coal … Why, when you have money in your bank accounts, why are our people living in worse conditions?” – Karmen Ramirez, Wayuu from Colombia A...
Representatives of communities facing displacement by the massive Cerrejon mine are attending the Annual General Meeting of BHP Billiton plc in London on Thursday 29 October. BHP Billiton is the biggest mining company in the world. Its headquarters are in Australia...
Monterrico Metals is facing a multimillion-pound claim for damages after protesters were detained and allegedly tortured at an opencast copper plant that the firm is seeking to develop in the mountains of northern Peru. In a case that will highlight growing tensions...
