Leaders of Occupy Oak Flat say they won’t give up until the U.S. government repeals the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange. The controversial exchange gave Resolution Copper (a subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton) access to a vast underground copper reserve under Oak Flat, Arizona.
New South Wales planning body says controversial Mount Thorley-Warkworth mine extension should go ahead, and suggests village of Bulga could be moved.
Anglo Australian mining major Rio Tinto’s ambitious bid to mine iron ore in Odisha has come a cropper with the state government deciding to scrap the joint venture (JV) project that the mining giant had proposed with state-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC).
The world’s oceans are poised for a seabed mining frenzy amid a “marine industrial revolution” that threatens to destroy habitats and wipe out species, an expert has warned.
The world’s oceans are poised for a seabed mining frenzy amid a “marine industrial revolution” that threatens to destroy habitats and wipe out species, an expert has warned.
