Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but many shoppers these days are conscious about how their carats were mined and vote with their feet against so-called blood diamonds that were mined at conflict zones in Africa. Should Olympic athletes too be aware of where the...
Peru’s huge Antamina mine produces copper, zinc and molybdenum concentrates, and silver and lead concentrates as by-products. Located in the Ancash Region, at an average altitude of 4,300 meters above sea level, the complex began commercial operations in 2001....
The Tampakan mine in the Philippines, run by Xstrata subsidiary Sagittarius Mines Inc (SMI) is already such a focus for opposition that it has come under violent attack. Now SMI is seeking help from a security expert, with experience in “armed response”...
Qatar Holding, the second-largest shareholder in takeover target Xstrata, has added to its stake in the miner, in its first purchase since it made an unexpected demand for better terms from suitor Glencore last month. See...
Fresh doubts have emerged over world number one miner BHP Billiton’s planned $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold-silver mine in South Australia. See...
There are mounting expectations that the world’s biggest mining company will postpone one or more mega-projects it has proposed until economic outlooks in Europe and China improve. See...
Dominant South African workers union NUM has declared a dispute with the group’s Hotazel manganese mines and the issue had been referred to a government mediator to avert a strike. See...
Calls to hold up Anglo American’s Quellaveco copper project as an example to resolve social conflicts in Peru’s mining sector are unlikely to have success in resolving opposition to a string of projects in the Andean country, according to a well-known analyst. See...
The reported persecution of Burma’s Rohingyas minority in the country’s new minerals rush has been largely ignored by the international media. But, says Palestinian columnist Ramzy Baroud, it should be of urgent concern to anyone who has welcomed the...
Now here’s a novel idea. Why not dump fine iron sulphates into the world’s seas, thus helping avert the massive build-up of carbon in the atmosphere – one of the key causes of adverse climate change? Actually, the concept’s been bounced around...
Looking at all the costs to construct and run power plants, it will be cheaper to build a wind or solar power plant within 18 years rather than one using nuclear or fossil fuel, says a research unit within the Australian Government. See...
After Fukushima, Nuclear Power on Collision Course With Japanese Public In the face of overwhelming public opposition, Japan’s prime minister recently announced that nuclear power plants will restart. See...
