From Phulbari to Niyamgiri!

Dec 21, 2012 | News

Activists from Foil Vedanta joined the Bangladeshi community and other organisations today at the AGM of GCM Resources – the UK based mining company who want to displace 220,000 people for a giant open cast coal mine in Phulbari, Bangladesh. As 40 protesters shouted...

Anger and honour outside the GCM Resources AGM

Dec 21, 2012 | News

Demonstrators from a number of groups gathered outside GCM Resources’ Annual General Meeting in London yesterday. The event was organized by the UK branch of National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Mineral Resources and Port-Power of Bangladesh (‘UK...

Sierra Leone Blood Spills as Iron Ore's Boom Stirs Ghosts of War

Dec 18, 2012 | News

Cam Simpson, a Bloomberg journalist with a well-earned reputation for exposing the adverse impacts of mining on human rights and the environment, tells  a frightening story, focussing on the huge gulf between promises made by London-listed African Minerals, and...

Greenland passes mining projects bill, opens for cheap labour

Dec 18, 2012 | News

Greenland has passed a bill setting the framework for foreign mining and exploration companies to take advantage of the natural resources of the Arctic island and opening up for cheaper labour, including staff from China. The legislation defines the size of what is...

Poverty in Guinea as Simandou mine wrangle persists

Dec 18, 2012 | News

The future of the Simandou iron ore deposit currently lies in limbo as the government must first decide whether to honour previously negotiated deals, or demand better terms. One of the companies involved is Rio Tinto. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is...

Roman Abramovich's US$1.5 billion holiday

Dec 18, 2012 | News

London’s renowned Chelsea Football team hasn’t been doing that brilliantly of late – it’s slipped to third place in Barclay’s Premier League. This may have given the club’s owner, Roman Abramovich, a spate of the blues as he pored...