In the world of seabed geology, if a sulphide deposit is massive, it is not necessarily big, but formless and rich in metals. As it happens, seafloor massive sulphides are also huge—at least they were until recently. The collapse in commodity prices last year has...
An excellent report on mining company strategy is now available at the Lake Superior Mining News. Teresa Bertossi’s very useful Mining for Public and State Approval: Corporate Strategies for Mining on Michigan’s Yellow Dog Plains is written very clearly...
Jubilee South Africa National Office Press Statement 25 May 2009 47 MINING ACTIVISTS IN SEKIMING, LIMPOPO ON TRIAL TODAY IN MOKOPANE (25 May) Community activists from Jubilee Sekiming, near Mokopane Limpopo are on trial today and tomorrow. These activists were...
Impala Platinum (Implats) is the second largest producer of platinum after Anglo American subsidiary Anglo Platinum. Implats is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange but has a subsidiary listing on the London Stock Exchange Jubilee South Africa National Office...
National currency appreciation in mineral-dependent states is conventionally “bad news” for mining companies, which are heavily reliant on exports priced in dollars. While fluctuations in exchange rates have, in recent years, often not had major impacts on...
UNITED NATIONS – Leaders of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples who are attending an international meeting here this week say they want governments to stop oil and gas corporations from further extraction on their lands. “Much of the...
