28 October 2014 Campaigners have welcomed the outcome of an inquiry into the extractives sector conducted by the Parliamentary Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills, calling on the government to take action on the sector that campaigners have accused of being...
Press release from Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) LAON PR 9-2014, 3/10/14 BRADLEY PUBLIC INQUIRY: FEARS OVER THE DEVELOPMENT’S FINANCIAL RISKS One of the great concerns of those opposing the attempt by UK Coal to mine the Bradley site in Co Durham, is whether the...
Press release from the Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) LAON PR 8-2014, 2/10/14 BRADLEY PUBLIC INQUIRY: AIR QUALITY AND THE BILLION POUND PLUS HEALTH QUESTION. The coal to be quarried from the Bradley site, if the appeal at the forthcoming Public Inquiry beginning...
Press release from Loose Anti-Opencast Network (LAON PR 6-2014) BRADLEY PUBLIC INQUIRY: THE TWENTY SIX YEAR QUESTION In their evidence to the Public Inquiry, UK Coal state that it will take three years and six months to complete the task of preparing the site,...
Press release from Loose Anti-Opencast Network (LAON), 29 September 2014 UK COAL SECURES ITS LOAN – BUT THE FUTURE OF ITS SURFACE MINES IS ANYTHING BUT SECURE. The fact that UK Coal has now secured its £20m pound loan, in order to allow for the managed rundown...
Press release from CORE, London Mining Network and RAID, 23 April 2014 Investors in African Barrick Gold (ABG) must use tomorrow’s AGM to ask questions of the company’s leadership regarding alleged human rights abuses at the North Mara Mine, Tanzania. ABG pays the...
