12 protesters were killed by police during demonstrations against London-listed Vedanta mining company, accused of polluting ground water and air causing health impacts for local people, on Tuesday 22nd May.
World No.2 miner Rio Tinto confirmed on Wednesday that it is ready to sell its stake in the giant Grasberg mine, the world’s second largest copper operation, to Indonesia’s state mining holding company Inalum for $3.5 billion.
It’s becoming hard to keep track of all of Glencore’s legal battles in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Australian law firm Phi Finney McDonald said Wednesday it plans to sue world’s No.1 miner BHP, arguing the company misled investors over the 2015 collapse of a dam at the Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil, which killed 19 people and became the country’s worst ever environmental disaster.
On Wednesday, some 40 trade union members from as far as Australia and Africa protested the Swiss-based commodities giant’s treatment of workers.
