On 14 December a private force of 500 men descended on a non-violent demonstration against the POSCO project in India’s state of Orissa. Several protestors were injured and one man (apparently from the “goon squad”) died. The attack was widely...
It’s nothing new for UK-listed Vedanta Resources to be accused (or found guilty) of committing illegal acts – something that’s happened on many occasions since the Indian-focused company listed on the London Stock Exchange seven years ago this month....
When BHP Billiton pulled out of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea, it was because it recognised that the mine should never have been constructed in the way it was – with riverine talings disposal – in the first place. But the mine produced such a large...
Using “the market” as a means to absolutely reduce global greenhouse gas emissions has long been criticised as “pie in the sky” (and not a particularly clean pie at that). Now, in order to “prop up” carbon prices under the EU...
Anglo American said on 22 December that it had filed a writ with Santiago’s Court of Appeals, suing the Chilean firm for breach of contract in a dispute over its south Chilean assets. Codelco, the National Copper Corporation of Chile, took umbrage last month...
Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment and Utah Moms for Clean Air announced Monday they are suing Rio Tinto for polluting the Salt Lake Valley air. Dr. Brian Moench, from Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment says Utah Department of Air Quality data shows...
Environmental and community groups opposed to a nickel and copper mine being constructed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula aren’t giving up the fight. AP reports that four groups against the Eagle Mine, under construction by Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company, a subsidiary...
Will London 2012 sponsors BP, Dow, EDF and Rio Tinto tarnish the Olympic brand? In just seven months London opens its doors to the world for the ‘greatest show on earth’ and while the 2012 Olympics have been billed as the ‘greenest Games ever’, there are...
Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third-biggest mining company, said it won’t seek full control of its Mongolian project partner Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. after an arbitrator ruled in its favor in a shareholding dispute. See...
The [gold] informal rush is indicative of a broader problem with the country’s mining sector – the sense that foreign companies have minted it from their concessions delivering few benefits either to the Ghanaian economy or to the wider population beyond the...
When investors hear the word “Greece” these days, they usually run for cover. But Eldorado Gold Corp. had the opposite reaction, as the austerity and economic misery actually made the country a more attractive place for gold mining. Late Sunday, Eldorado...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States has notified the Guatemalan government that the IACHR has withdrawn its demand that Guatemala close Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine. See...
