Despite recently calling upon mining companies to conserve fresh water usage within the country, the Chilean government is now mooting its importation from Argentina. Last year, BHP Billiton seriously considered draining water from across the Chile-Argentina border....
What about a global registry which aims at minimising the unacceptably high levels of cadmium, lead and mercury used in computers? It sounds like a good idea – and one which couldn’t come too soon. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9434.
London Calling examines the curious case of a British “African Venture” Earlier this month, the share price of UK-listed mining company, Noventa, rose sharply when the company announced that it soon expected to resume operations at a promising tantalum...
Declaration of International Conference on Mining, Antigua, Guatemala, 5 August 2009 LMN member group CATAPA and other organisations from around the world participated in a conference on mining, held in Guatemala in early August. The conference issued a strong...
Coal Stations Will Be ‘Lightning Rod’ for Global Dissent, Warns UK Watchdog’s Head The new head of the UK government’s official green watchdog has strongly criticised moves to build new coal-fired power stations in Britain and condemned the...
The Treasury faces a potentially embarrassing court battle in October over its alleged failure to impose minimum environmental and human-rights standards on investments made by Royal Bank of Scotland, the state-owned lender. Three campaign groups – World Development...
