Japanese authorities recognize 573 deaths related to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Catastrophe. http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/2/4/japanese-authorities-recognize-573-deaths-related-to-fukushi.html Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War – The Unspoken Crisis...
The Office of the Philippine President is finalising an Executive Order (EO) which will aim to clarify many of the recent conflicts over mining. A draft has been leaked to the press by the Chamber of Mines and a full-scale propaganda offensive by the industry is...
The Zambian government says it’s no intention of nationalising the mining industry – a position adopted last week by South Africa’s own ruling party. However, Zambia intends to increase its stake in mining companies by 15% and recover taxes the...
Opposition to Peru’s largest proposed mine recently spread outside the country – to Spain and the United States. Last week, up to 2,000 citizens marched on the Peruvian capital, calling for Newmont’s Conga project (and two others, controlled by Anglo...
Thousands of workers continue striking at operations controlled by two of the world’s three biggest mining companies. In Canada, the United Steelworkers accused Rio Tinto of “major assault on workers and communities” as the UK-based giant planned for...
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have raised their bets on global copper demand, approving plans for a $4.5 billion expansion of the massive Escondida mine in Chile, while BHP plans to reopen a U.S. copper mine idled three years ago. See...
Two prominent global diversified natural resource companies are heading back to Papua New Guinea. They are the London based Rio Tinto Group and Melbourne based (and London-listed) BHP Billiton. The two global multinational exploration, development, production and...
There’s nothing new in the assertion that mining brings jobs, services and general socio-economic development to local communities. This argument appeared to win the day at the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg – and will...
It’s where “the World connects with African Mining”. At least – that was the claim for Africa’s official Mining Indaba, which ended in South Africa last week. The event was organised in the shadow of figures showing a dramatic decline in...
Ghana, Africa’s second-largest gold mining state, has set up a committee to review stability investment agreements with mining houses. Mining companies that have had stability agreements in Ghana include London-listed AngloGold Ashanti, the world’s third...
There has been a predictably indignant reaction to the news that Indian ministers wanted to stop British aid to the country and only allowed it to continue after the Department for International Development begged them. But if Conservative MPs and media commentators...
Author: John Prescott in Guardian (UK); Catholic Overseas Development Agency (CAFOD) First test of UK’s commitment to UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights will be whether it amends Legal Aid bill, says CAFOD See...
