Massive protests against British mining company GCM Resources prevented the company’s CEO visiting the site of its proposed open-pit coal mine in Bangladesh last week. One of the company’s directors resigned the following day. See...
Bumi plc was created in 2010 when Nat Rothschild, descendant of the founder of the two-centuries old banking empire, used his family name to get high profile investors to back him in a deal to bring a chunk of the vast business interests of the Bakrie family of...
In late 2012, B’laan tribal leader Daguil Capion’s (also spelt Cafeon below) unarmed wife and children were killed by the Philippine military. The killing was linked to his opposition to Xstrata’s Tampakan mine. Now, his brother has been shot dead in...
Indonesia’s ambitious plans to boost coal production and exports from Kalimantan are ill-advised and not worth the environmental and social cost, according to a key report from Greenpeace. In the “Point of No Return” report, the environmental group said the Indonesian...
Analysis and reflection by Bishop Jo Seoka, Chairman of the Bench Marks Foundation “Whatever happens, the country can ill afford any job losses and sustainable solutions need to be found that not only consider shareholder returns, but workers, communities and...
Policemen’s footage – taken with cellphones as they made their way towards the centre of the infamous Small Koppie at Marikana on 16 August last year – shows the extent of the killings there. The recorded voices of the police and the positions of the prone...
Already buckling under huge operational costs and seemingly endless labour unrest, some 30 gold mine operators were last month slapped with litigation by thousands of their former employees. The plaintiffs — mostly black migrant labourer — allegedly contracted the...
It was hard to see any upside to ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald’s prolonged battering of Queensland last week. Yet the swollen Fitzroy River now overrunning Rockhampton provided Bowen Basin miners with the perfect window of opportunity to drain long-stored waters...
Following years of denial, Barrick Gold is implementing a remedy program for victims of rape by employees of its Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In order to receive a remedy package, women must enter into an agreement in which “the...
Gold mining companies are undermining local democracy by giving money to the municipalities where they operate, said a local NGO in western Colombia on Sunday. “They are occupying the functions of the state that shouldn’t belong to private companies. The...
Prior to investing in new resource colonies, multinational mining corporations frequently change a country’s mining laws to remove restrictions on foreign ownership, reduce taxes, ease environmental protections and guarantee access to water supplies needed for...
About one hundred protesters gathered in downtown St. Louis outside of the Peabody Coal corporate headquarters. St. Louis locals were joined by Navajo residents from Black Mesa, Ariz., Appalachians from coal-burdened West Virginia, and supporters from across the...
