The Real Price of Platinum: Squalor In the Shadow of Immense Wealth
Last weekend marked the second anniversary of the tragedy that killed 34 people in 2012. Already people are calling August 16th Marikana Day.
Marikana commemoration rally snubs ANC, NW officials
ANC and North West province government officials were conspicuously absent at a rally to commemorate slain miners on the second anniversary of the Marikana massacre.
A new mining law for Bougainville … but does it open the way for mining?
Why Bougainville landowners oppose Rio Tinto’s return.
Rio Tinto casts doubts over Mongolian project
RIO Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine expansion in Mongolia, is looking increasingly uncertain, with a recent tax dispute headed towards arbitration and adding to a long list of disagreements that have halted the project.
The newest assault on the world's oceans: deep sea mining
NGOs from Australia, Canada and India call for an international moratorium on deep seabed mining in light of the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) issuing of 7 exploration licences for deep seabed mining in international waters. Among companies involved in deep sea mining are Nautilus Minerals (in which Anglo American is a major shareholder), London-listed Neptune Minerals and UK Seabed Resources, controlled by Lockheed Martin UK.