London Mining Network is part of an international coalition of organizations supporting traditional herders in Mongolia affected by Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi copper-silver-gold mine. One of the major concerns is the company’s plan to divert the Undai River....
Citizens of Bougainville, involved in the horrendous military conflict waged on the island for a decade, have been expressing views about the prospective re-opening of the Panguna mine. In early February 2013, Rio Tinto – the company operating the mine until its...
Two Canadian aboriginal communities have filed a C$900 million (US$877 million) lawsuit against a Rio Tinto subsidiary, the Iron Ore Company of Canada (ICO), claiming that more than a half century of mining has disrupted their traditional way of life. They say that:...
Demonstration against Eldorado Gold’s mining projects in Halkidiki, March 25, 2013. Source: Helllenic Mining Watch Amnesty International last week called on the Greek authorities to conduct prompt, impartial and effective investigations into allegations of human...
Earlier this month, the Peruvian government faced a number of serious allegations of permitting abuse of human rights, made before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The commissioners expressed concern that the government is making a...
Philippines ‘flashmob’ protest on International Women’s Day outside of Xstrata’s offices. Photo: ATM Following recent Government pronouncements in favour of both Xstrata and Philex, the latest announcement concerns the lifting of a mining...
In its short life, the Financial Services Authority adopted a light-touch approach and oversaw a catastrophic banking meltdown. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/mar/24/farewell-fsa-bleak-legacy-light-touch-regulator. The FSA acted as the UK Listing...
A suspected leak of noxious gas from the Sterlite Industries plant in Thoothukudi caused nausea and skin irritation among a section of local residents here on Saturday. While Sterlite officials denied any chemical leakage from the factory, Thoothukudi Collector Ashish...
An interview published in The Metals Report, 13 March 2013, is a “minefield” of speculation by two industry consultants on the future market for platinum group metals (PGMs). But it’s more than that, raising fundamental questions about the economics...
A new study reveals that governments in Latin America have returned to natural resources extraction to fuel development—while paying scant attention to the impact mining, oil exploration and other activities have on the environment or on the people who own the land....
Earlier this month, a fact-finding mission went to the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea. It concluded that Barrick’s project-level non-judicial grievance mechanism is both seriously flawed and divests indigenous rape victims of their right to take legal action against...
South African miner Shanduka Coal has reported that an unwarranted strike at the Graspan colliery east of Johannesburg, turned violent leaving seven people injured. The mine is partly owned by Glencore and witnessed nearly 250 protestors who seized mining equipments...
