Nautilus Minerals, in which Anglo American holds an 11% stake, has contracted an exploration vessel to look for seafloor minerals in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. See http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/story.htm?id=20097.
The people of Teberebie near Tarkwa have many complaints against AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine. Some of the complaints include allegations of pollution of rivers, conflicts around the dumping of rock waste on community farms and lands, using the security agencies...
Gunmen fired last Wednesday at vehicles operated by U.S. mining company Freeport in Indonesia’s impoverished Papua province, injuring two guards and a policeman in the latest attack on the world’s largest gold mine, police said. A few miles (kilometres)...
The “cat and mouse” game between Rio Tinto – global number two iron ore producer – and the Guinean regime continues, over control of what the UK company claims is the world’s biggest “undeveloped” iron ore deposit....
The world’s biggest mining company is selling a nickel refinery whose ore has come from an allegedly highly-polluting Indonesian mine. A Queensland University research study claims that the mine’s tailings are smothering one of the world’s most vital...
LONDON – Medical researchers have warned that the harmful and deadly effects that asbestos fibres cause may have been seriously underestimated. The caution comes at a time when thousands of people with asbestos-related illnesses are waiting to hear whether they...
