The Colombian government needs to develop responsible mining without infringing on the agricultural sector, agriculture minister Juan Camilo Restrepo told BNamericas. “We are going to begin to analyze the draft of the new mining code to verify that the...
The 13 member companies of Colombia’s large-scale mining sector association SMGE signed a commitment to reinforce responsible, fair and competitive mining in the country. ?The companies that signed the agreement were Vale, Anglo American, Colombia Exploration,...
A war of words between South Africa’s Impala Platinum and Zimbabwe intensified when the world’s second-biggest platinum producer denied offering to hand over a stake in its local unit to the government. Implats is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange...
Losses for mining and energy companies were almost across the board on Monday after trade data from China showed a deficit that was the largest in 12-years. Investors in world number one BHP Billiton and Anglo-American curbed losses to less than 1%, but Brazil’s...
The group will work with eight mining groups in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to address dangerous working practices and environmental damage in small-scale gold mining. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=146833&sn=Detail&pid=92730....
Fukushima, One Year Later – Nuclear Power and the Big Lie http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/03/05/nuclear-power-and-the-big-lie/#.T1U_zJiZOuQ.gmail Time to say goodbye to nuclear power http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20120307p2a00m0na003000c.html...
UK-listed Vedanta Resources is rarely out of the headlines, accused of betraying the very people it purports to support and respect. Last week, the company tried to prevent a public hearing into its plans to expand a stalled alumina refinery in the Indian state of...
Violent confrontations between two South African unions have so far cost three mineworker’s lives, and the situation shows little sign of being peacefully resolved. At the heart of the conflict are not just labour issues, but the political affiliations of the...
Zambia has closed a copper treatment plant belonging to Glencore International’s Mopani Copper Mines for pollution violations, the state environmental agency said on Monday. See http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE82405O20120305.
Glencore/Xstrata make iron ore a priority Glencore and Xstrata, set to create a $90 billion mining powerhouse, have put iron ore at the top of their post-merger to-do list, building up the one key commodity where they are all but absent. Yet industry sources caution...
South Australia’s Tom Koutsantonis is confident the miner will this year approve the expansion of the Olympic Dam mine, containing a world class copper-gold uranium deposit, even though it will cost billions of dollars. See...
Australia’s main mineworkers union may soon win effective control of Queensland’s coal fields, the world’s largest single source of coking coal. If this happens, BHP Billiton has threatened to shift a planned Aus$10 billion coal mining investment to...
