London Calling raises some awkward questions about Chinese arrests For the past ten days a media rumour mill has been relentlessly grinding over possible motives for the July 5 arrests of Stern Hu, a top Rio Tinto executive, along with three lower echelon staff, in...
No one can confidently predict the long-term prospects for global revival of the ferrous and non-ferrous metals sectors. “Analysts” send out mixed signals; some of which are manifestly intended as a boost to investor confidence, while others continue...
Back in May 2009, two former Canadian goverment officials joined one of the country’s most notorious mining companies in order to boost its fortunes in Mongolia and elsewhere. One of these was a former chief of staff for ex-Canadian Prime Minster, Jean...
British MP Diane Abbott has proposed an ‘Early Day Motion’ (EDM), which functions like a petition for Members of Parliament to sign to express a view on a matter of concern. Her EDM, number 1902, calls on the British Government to take action to prevent...
Last month, The Ecologist magazine published a list of investors in Vedanta, the London-listed company planning ti mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills in India against the opposition of many of the Indigenous Kondh people. Halifax Pension Fund, Lloyds TSB Group...
Roger Moody is an expert on mining and mining transnationals. He has spent years uncovering the facts about how mining companies operate. He edits the Mines and Communities website, which exposes the social, economic and environmental impacts of mining, particularly...
