Ministers face embarrassment in the high court when the Treasury is forced to explain why the state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has been lending money to the controversial mining firm Vedanta Resources, whose activities have been criticised by another government...
The London Declaration is the founding document of Mines and Communities and encapsulates key demands being made by many communities affected by mining around the world. Read and sign on at http://www.minesandcommunities.org/LondonDeclaration.
The Pebble Mine project near Bristol Bay is jointly (50/50) owned by Anglo American and Northern Dynasty Minerals (in which Rio Tinto has a 19.6% stake). Six months ago, a delegation of native Alaskans and commercial salmon fisherpeople visited Anglo American’s...
Despite widespread opposition by Mongolian citzens for several years, their government has now effectively agreed to terms proposed by Ivanhoe and Rio Tinto, for what the companies claim could be the world’s most lucrative copper-gold mine. The go-ahead has...
In one of the largest and most comprehensive conferences of its kind held in Africa, 1,700 delegates from mining-affected Ghanaian communities have issued many urgent demands to their government. These would affect London-listed AngloGold Ashanti. See...
Last week’s conclusion by a UK government agency that Vedanta Resources has violated guidelines laid down by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) is certainly significant. It serves to confirm claims by numerous critics, inside and...
