The government of Zambia has ordered Vedanta Resources’ Konkola Copper Mines to get rid of all copper concentrate it has imported from Chile, as it said the material contains had high levels of arsenic, a toxic substance.
The UK government has published a statement that highlights the fierce opposition to British company GCM Resources’ plans for a massive open cast coal mine in Phulbari, north-west Bangladesh. The statement notes protestors “calling strikes, blockading roads and occupying the company’s local offices”.
London-listed Canadian miner Minera IRL said it had halted operations at its Corihuarmi gold mine in Peru after around 100 locals invaded the site.
THE villages of Sekuruwe, GaMolekane and Skiming, near the Limpopo town of Mokopane remained tense on Sunday following protests against Anglo American Platinum’s apparent failure to provide jobs and development there.
Ten of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers, including Anglo American and BHP Billiton, support an international deal at this year’s UN climate conference, COP21, in Paris that will limit climate warming to 2 degrees Celsius, according to the nonprofit Carbon Disclosure Project, CDP.
