Expulsion of Asia Energy demanded Asia Energy is wholly owned by London-listed GCM Resources The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral recourses, power and port on Wednesday observed the third anniversary of Phulbari Day with a call for implementation of...
A Papua New Guinea court has found Rio Tinto majority owned Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) must pay the PNG tax office 50 million kina (A$22 million) in taxes, penalties and interest under ‘pay now, litigate later’ tax laws. A BCL spokesman told AAP it...
Chinese authorities now appear to have settled for charging Rio Tinto staff with bribery, rather than espionage against the state. This is in relation to allegations, made early in July, against the “Stern Gang” – four upper-echelon Rio executives in...
For the first time, Britain’s Environment Agency has prevented an ocean-going vessel leaving home waters, to be scrapped overseas. There are suspicions that the tanker might be heading outside the European Union, or to a non-OECD state such as India or Bangladesh....
India’s generation of children crippled by uranium waste Observer investigation uncovers link between dramatic rise in birth defects in Punjab and pollution from coal-fired power stations Their heads are too large or too small, their limbs too short or too bent....
Is a new wind blowing through India’s villages and hills? Yes, something of a breeze seems to be wafting towards Nyamgiri – site of a proposed massive bauxite mine. This has already proved to be the most controversial of India’s brace of planned...
