BHP Billiton's Australian AGM and alternative annual report
This year’s alternative annual report, BHP Billiton: Dirty Deeds, is available at http://bhpbillitonwatch.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/bhp_report_2012.pdf. Protesters gather outside BHP AGM in Sydney The tenure of chief executive Marius Kloppers is expected to be...Finland: Talvivaara environmental disaster goes on and on
Talvivaara is listed in London. Thousand kilogrammes of uranium in soluble form on the terrain: massive risk to health and the environment Even the visible state of the land around the mine reveals the extent of the disaster at Talvivaara. At least 100 hectares...UK Growth and Infrastructure Bill: Proposed 100 Hectare Threshold on mining
The UK Government is intending, by means of legislation which forms part of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Clause 21), to introduce a 100 hectare threshold on all future mining and quarrying planning applications in England. It has issued a consultation document...Greece: The “Invisible March” against Gold Mining
A huge demonstration against the construction of gold mines in northern Greece took place in the city of Thessaloniki on November 24. Around 8,000 protesters from the areas of Halkidiki, Thrace and Kilkis, along with people from Thessaloniki and solidarity groups...Glencore, Vedanta Face Up to 50% Pay-Raise Demand in Zambia
Employees at mines in Zambia, Africa’s biggest copper producer, are demanding pay increases of as much as 50 percent for 2013, the nation’s biggest mineworkers’ union said. Talks with companies began in October and are set to conclude by the end of the year, when the...Goldcorp operations in Guatemala under the microscope
Goldcorp has been repeatedly accused of damaging the environment and violating human rights in countries where it operates, particularly Guatemala. In an in-depth documentary, news outlet AlJazeera TV analyses the main claims against the miner, which has said in its...Shaping modern mining: what's at stake?
Paper presented by London-based Nostromo Research to around 25 European bankers, joined by NGO representatives, at a roundtable meeting held in Germany on 30 October 2012. Virtually each week, serious criticisms are made of a mining company or its operations, although...Gold, nuclear waste and UK connections in India
Commentary by Nostromo Research The Kolar goldfields were operated by state-owned Bharat Gold Mines Ltd (BGML) until closed down in the late 1990s. In June 2011, a London-based, Guernsey-registered, company called Kolar Gold Ltd (KGL) listed on AIM and negotiated with...The British Government and mining in Guatemala – not a happy tale
In this article, Samuel Jones examines – among other things – the role of the British Government and British security companies in imposing mining and other projects on communities in Guatemala that community members do not want. See British investments in...Conflict erupts at Phulbari
A strike called in Bangladesh to oppose GCM Resources’ Phulbari opencast coal project won an apparent victory over the weekend. Click on image to read more.