Nautilus seabed mining project jeopardized again
Canada-based, London-listed Nautilus Minerals Inc. sank to fresh lows in London, falling almost 5%, hit by the news of a Papua New Guinea’s landowners petition to the Government to cancel the firm’s seabed mining permit. The company, the first to explore...Africans urged to implement the continent's "Mining Vision"
The Executive Director of Third World Network Africa urges implementation of the continent’s Mining Vision, saying it “posits a paradigm shift away from the mining and development regime has dominated…since the colonial times”. See...Gold mine drives wedge in Guatemala community
Supporters say Marlin mine creates jobs, but critics see it as exploitative and environmentally unsound. The Marlin mine is owned by Goldcorp, a Canadian company with British investment. Among Goldcorp’s major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK...Revolving doors between the UN and the mining industry
STATEMENT United Nations: Who wants to go through the revolving door? Latin American organizations and peasant, indigenous and African-descent communities, who live facing everyday pollution and exploitation of our lands by national and transnational megaprojects,...Killing me softly with his song: inside another BHP Billiton AGM
Colombia Solidarity Campaign was joined by anti-nuclear and climate activists on a protest outside the BHP Billiton AGM on 25 October. Inside, Colombian community representative Felipe Ustate and others called on the company for justice and an end to environmental destruction.