Last week the government announced its response to the coal phase-out consultation with an overview of how they plan to implement an end to coal by 2025. Coal Action Network looks at some of the pros and cons of this plan and whether or not the ‘Powering Past Coal’ rhetoric matches the action…
On December 24, 2017, international independent experts declined the invitation of Armenia’s Minister of Nature Protection Artsvik Minasyan to participate in the trilateral meeting with Lydian International’s consultants to discuss the problems of gold mine project in Amsular. Lydian is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange but registered in the UK-controlled tax haven of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Glencore Plc reduced the role of its billionaire head of copper, Aristotelis Mistakidis, shaking up the business after a review in the Democratic Republic of Congo raised questions about accounting and management.
In a remarkable development late last year, the world’s biggest miner made the momentous declaration that it would quit the World Coal Association, citing “material differences” on climate and energy policy. We have recently marked the second anniversary of the Samarco dam disaster in Brazil. On November 5, 2015, 19 people died when two iron ore tailings dams collapsed at a Brazilian mine, co-owned by BHP.
Entire villages were swept away in a torrent of toxic mud. Two years on, a report by the London Mining Network estimates that 1.4 million people continue to seek urgent action to remediate ecosystems and restore livelihoods.
BHP has agreed to fund a total of up to US$181 million (BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda (BHP Brasil) share) in financial support for the Renova Foundation and Samarco Mineração S.A. (Samarco) until 30 June 2018.
