The UK’s “eccentric” determination to build new nuclear power means it is not fit to take part in the “third industrial revolution” of switching to clean renewable energy, according to one of the world’s most influential climate...
Analysis by Nostromo Research Rio Tinto’s shutdown of its aluminium smelter at Lynemouth in Northumberland, in north east England, announced recently, marks the start of the company’s attempt to reap some dividend for, arguably, the worst business decision taken in...
BHP Billiton holds its Australian AGM on Thursday 17 November. A coalition of organisations including London Mining Network has produced an ‘alternative annual report’: BHP Billiton – Dirty Energy. To read the alternative report, see...
Jeremy Corbyn MP and others have tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the UK Government to support the demands of communities affected by the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia, jointly owned by London-listed mining companies Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata. If...
Though considerably overshadowed by the Commonwealth’s official “Remembrance Day” on Friday 11 November, last week saw another significant Day to Remember. Sixteen years after environmental justice campaigner Ken Saro Wiwa was judicially murdered by...
Following recent attempts to militarise mine sites, and associated killings, there has been a plethora of news stories on Philippines mining issues. There is more fall-out from the murder of Fr. Fausto ‘Pops’ Tentorio, as the investigators pursue...
It was supposed to be a union of two legendary business dynasties, one West, one East. Nathaniel Philip Rothshild, the 40-year-old scion of the storied European banking family, forged a deal a year ago with the Bakrie brothers, one of Indonesia’s mightiest...
Nineteen climate vulnerable countries have signed the Climate Vulnerable Forum 2011 Dhaka Declaration: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Tanzania, Timor-Leste,...
Obama delays the Keystone XL tarsands oil pipeline decision for over a year. See http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2011/11/pipe-dreams-keystone-delayed-until-2013/.
The miners are still cashing in on higher commodity prices, but rising energy and labour costs are starting to hurt. That was the message delivered with results from metals behemoths Vedanta Resources and ENRC. See...
Katanga Mining announced on Friday it has secured $635.5 million in new loan facilities from parent Glencore International to fund the expansion of its Democratic Republic of Congo copper-cobalt mine. Katanga says with the expansion the DRC complex it could become...
Shining under the blazing African sun, diamonds have an allure consummate with their high price and beauty. For Anglo American, a Fortune 500 globally diversified miner, the opportunity to get their hands on some more sparkle has proved too much to resist. Last week...
