Recently, a damages case levelled against lead mining giant Xstrata by seven year old plaintiff, year old, Stella Hare, was knocked back by an Australian court. The court ruled that allegations that Stella’s brain and nervous system impairments were caused by...
After allowing 13 mining companies to open-pit mine in protected forests, Indonesia’s government is now planning to permit underground mining in similar areas – arguing that this will help protect the environment. Among companies that could benefit is...
The Zambian government has announced it will take up equity in the country’s copper miners. Coming shortly after the government abolished a windfall tax – following pressure applied by privately-owned mining companies- the announcement has puzzled and...
Starting with an informative review of the theoretical literature on mining taxation and winding up with a series of observations about the design of minerals tax regimes, the report is a laudably even-handed treatment of the major debates in the field…While the...
Business and human rights: Towards operationalizing the ‘protect, respect and remedy’ framework, the report by John Ruggie, UN Special Representative on business & human rights, to the 11th session of UN Human Rights Council, has just been released:...
The Global Reporting Initiative has taken another step towards a new set of social and environmental reporting guidelines for mining companies. The mining and metals sector supplement, whose public consultation closed on 29 April, contains 13 sustainability...
