Earlier this month, the Indonesian government proposed new legislation, aimed at increasing domestic ownership and revenue from foreign-based mining operations. Last year, Ernst & Young also identified at least 25 countries that have increased, or plan to raise,...
For residents of Johannesburg or Witbank, the most visible legacy of 100 years of mining is not the country’s well-developed engineering and financial services sectors. It is tainted water sources and dust blowing off old mine dumps. As time passes, the damage mining...
The Indian state of Goa has pledged to close down all illegal iron ore mines. That’s welcome news, except that some “legal” outfits – such as Vedanta’s Sesa Goa – have also been accused of profiting from illegal operations....
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) declared its solidarity with the Canadian members of the United Steelworkers Union visiting New Zealand last week to gain support for their struggle against contracting out by their employer, Rio Tinto Alcan. ...
“Over the last ten years I’ve heard an incredible amount of nonsense from people championing carbon capture and storage (CCS), a.k.a. clean coal. This was usually because those pushing the technology actually had no genuine commercial interest in seeing it...
Global greenhouse gas emissions could rise 50 percent by 2050 without more ambitious climate policies, as fossil fuels continue to dominate the energy mix, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Thursday. See...
Stop the moose abuse! http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2012/03/stop-the-moose-abuse/ Vigil over Canada’s tar sands lobbying unexpectedly turns into full-blown protest http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2012/03/2528/ UK complicit in Canadian...
A leaked email reveals that BHP Billiton never intended to negotiate new work practices with Australia’s leading mineworkers union. This is despite the world’s biggest mining company having previously committed itself to such negotiations, as strikes...
The two largest foreign-owned mining companies operating in Indonesia have brushed off “threats”, posed by a recent government announcement that they must increase domestic ownership in the country’s mineral resources. At present it doesn’t...
The debate on mining continues to dominate the Philippine media. There has been a ‘flurry’ of activities to coincide with the anniversary of the Philippine Mining Act, which has also collided with the on-going lobbying of the President over the much...
Glencore faces stand-off in Xstrata charm offensive Glencore, days into a campaign to win approval from recalcitrant Xstrata shareholders for a $36-billion bid, is facing a stand off as naysayers dig in their heels and the trader warns it would walk away rather than...
“[O]f the 24 AIM-listed mining organizations surveyed, some 75% had some exposure to fraud.” “Of those surveyed, only 35% of the mining organizations have procedures in place to ensure compliance with the UK Bribery Act.” “ [M]ining operation’s human...
