Shareholders are pressuring miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc to stand up to the Indonesian government over changes the southeast Asian country wants to make in the U.S. miner’s contract. Rio Tinto Plc, which is a partner in Freeport’s massive Grasberg copper and gold mine, is also supportive of Freeport’s tougher approach towards Jakarta.
Over 19 thousand workers of PT Freeport Indonesia and its affiliated contractor and privatized companies face the threat of losing their jobs if the US-based copper and gold mining firm halts its production and exports. Rio Tinto is a major investor in Freeport’s Grasberg mine.
The coal power station at Aberthaw is not just polluting much of South Wales with its filthy emissions. It could also be seriously damaging the health of children in Colombia with coal dust from BHP Billiton’s massive Cerrejón coal mine. In this open letter, Luz Ángela Uriana Epiayu implores RWE npower to shut down its stinking, obsolete and illegal power station.
The documentary directed by Bianca Bauer and produced by the Lawyers’ Collective José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) tells the story of Moisés Daniel Guette Uriana, a two-year-old indigenous Wayuu boy who lives next to the coal mine Cerrejón in La Guajira, Colombia, and suffers from respiratory illnesses.
The documentary directed by Bianca Bauer and produced by the Lawyers’ Collective José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) tells the story of Moisés Daniel Guette Uriana, a two-year-old indigenous Wayuu boy who lives next to the coal mine Cerrejón in La Guajira, Colombia, and suffers from respiratory illnesses.
