Glencore ordered to shut coal mine over job cuts
‘The retrenchments … were inhumanely conducted and disregarded all the legal prescripts’.
Threat from mining’s race to the ocean floor?
Although a UK subsidiary of Lockheed Martin was granted a mining license to explore the ocean depths in 2013, and Nautilus Minerals (in which Anglo American is a major shareholder) has had underwater mining rights near Papua New Guinea for 15 years, it was the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) grant last week of a mining and exploration contract to the government-owned China Minmetals for a 73,000 square kilometer tract in the Pacific Ocean that has many concerned that the undersea pursuit of minerals will irreparably damage the ocean floor.
Whose Sovereignty? Gabriel Resources v. Romania
Two weeks ago, a little-known London-linked Canadian gold mining company that has developed or operated exactly zero mines over 17 years announced to its investors that it had initiated international arbitration proceedings against the government of Romania for failing to permit what would be the largest open-pit gold and silver mine in Europe.
Report on the Global Day Against Mega Mining
Events took place around the world on 22 July to protest against large-scale mining.
BHP to open new coal mine in Borneo amid concern for orangutans
In a move likely to enrage environmental campaigners, BHP Billiton quietly flagged on Wednesday that it would soon start production of coal at the Haju mine in Indonesian Borneo.