Indigenous Australians call on Standard Chartered not to fund coal mine project
Representatives from Wangan and Jagalingou people meet executives in London in push to persuade financiers to snub project on group’s ancestral land
Energy Resources Australia pulls plug on expansion at Ranger
Rio Tinto’s subsidiary Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has announced “the Ranger 3 Deeps project will not proceed to Final Feasibility Study in the current operating environment”. This is not that surprising given Rio Tinto’s previously stated lack of enthusiasm for the proposed expansion (given lower uranium prices & uncertainty around the expiry of the lease).
Rio Tinto subsidiary IOC plans to lay off fewer workers than first announced
This follows a union protest with a thousand participants against the layoffs.
Coal in the UK: calling coal ‘a mineral of national importance’ could mean more opencasting
CAMPAIGNERS opposed to opencast mining fear the decision to approve controversial plans in north Durham could have a direct bearing on other proposals.
Nautilus Mining: investor and shareholder alert from Deep Sea Mining Campaign and others
Civil society, non government organisations and scientists warn Nautilus shareholders not to pay the price of ignorance when it comes to investing in the Solwara 1 deep sea mining project in Papua New Guinea. London-listed Anglo American is a major shareholder in Nautilus.