Glencore halts Zambia copper production after mine deaths
Glencore, the world’s third largest copper miner, has halted copper production across all of its Zambia operations following the death of four miners in separate accidents.
Antofagasta’s massive dump in Argentina
London-listed Chilean mining company gets away with depositing potentially contaminated wastes.
BHP can be sued for damage, says Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
BHP Billiton can still be sued by landowners for environmental damage it has caused in Western through the Ok Tedi mine, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says.
Papua New Guinea Constitutional Law Review Commission Points Out Laws to Consider on Seabed Mining
Papua New Guinea’s Constitutional Law Review Commission (CLRC) has raised questions on seabed mining, in relation to other laws in the country.
World's largest carbon producers face landmark human rights case
In a potential landmark legal case, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR), a constitutional body with the power to investigate human rights violations, has sent 47 “carbon majors” including Shell, BP, Chevron, BHP Billiton and Anglo American, a 60-page document accusing them of breaching people’s fundamental rights to “life, food, water, sanitation, adequate housing, and to self determination”.