‘Conversational Corporation’ says BP, Dow Chemical and Rio Tinto, may find their partnering of the Olympics has backfired given the well organised and frequently covered Greenwash Gold Campaign. See...
The IndustriALL Global Union will be founded on 19 June in Copenhagen, Denmark. Uniting 50 million workers along global supply chains, uniting the history, expertise, and passion of three proud international organisations, IndustriALL will fight for workers...
London activists expose corporate greed Last week, some 200 demonstrators marched in a funeral procession through London, aimed at highlighting human rights abuses by the minerals industry against communities and workers, and the killing of anti-mining activists....
… and against mining in the Philippines Xstrata’s proposed Tampakan mine continues to be mired in controversy. The project is increasingly seen as the lynchpin of the battles over the mining industry in the Philippines. As such, it has been a bad past few...
Glencore, the world’s biggest commodities trader, has agreed to purchase half of a seabed mining venture which could eclipse others currently being promoted by London-listed Nautilus (in which Anglo American has a major stake) and Neptune. Meanwhile, Glencore’s...
The meeting began at 11 am. Chairman Samin Tan said that it was the Board’s duty to set the strategy for the company. Its vision is to become the main UK-listed coal producer and exporter. It wants to reduce debt in the Bumi group and to simplify the group’s...
Conflict has erupted in Bolivia between miners who work for Glencore, and other workers who approve the government’s recently-announced intention to nationalise the London-listed company’s zinc and tin operations. See...
Let’s cut straight to the chase. Or – as the illustrious Sir Julian Horn-Smith would have it when rudely interrupting four protesting shareholders last week – avoid the “ranting” and get to the “substance” of the arguments. In...
Activists asked Bumi plc awkward questions at the company’s first London AGM yesterday. Bumi was listed on the London Stock Exchange earlier this year amid criticism over governance, environment, and human rights. See...
I have been to many mining company AGMs but never to one as ineptly run as Bumi’s first London AGM, held this morning at the Institute of Directors in Pall Mall. It even made Vedanta’s notorious AGMs look good. AGMs are supposed to be occasions where a company’s...
Angry residents of Indonesia’s resource-rich Papua island burned cars and shops on Thursday after an independence activist was shot and killed, police and human rights activists said. Among British-based companies taking advantage of Indonesia’s...
Activist Q&A: Meet Sukhgerel Dugersuren Bank Information Center highlights the work of Sukhgerel Dugersuren, Executive Director of the Mongolian NGO Oyu Tolgoi Watch, which is challenging Rio Tinto’s massive copper-gold mine in the South Gobi desert. See...
