A fortnight ago Mines and Communities (MAC) reported the flooding of a coal shaft in Wales, which took the lives of four mineworkers. MAC commented then that: “The Gleision tragedy could now mark the end of a particularly hazardous type of small-scale coal...
The Xstrata-controlled Tampakan project has become one of the most contentious in the Philippines, and one that the Mines and Communities website has critiqued for several years. There are many reasons for this – not least that, if it goes ahead, the mine will...
Townsville mother Daphne Hare has launched a $1 million lawsuit against Xstrata Mount Isa Mines, alleging her daughter suffers from lead poisoning. Hare said her nine-year-old daughter was diagnosed with irreversible brain damage after living in Mount Isa. The law...
The Royal Bank of Scotland, like most banks these days, likes to tout its green credentials. But PR flacks and fancy brochures can’t hide the fact that RBS is investing $7.5 billion into tar sands production. In fact, UK banks have underwritten 17% of all the tar...
Rio Tinto has cosy ties with the Indonesian military, who have a long history of human rights abuses. See http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/08/2011828142858857222.html#.TokJmXDLgQ0.mailto.
Nestled alongside the central range of the Andes lies the town of Cajamarca, Colombia, also known as la dispensa agricola de Colombia: literally Colombia’s agricultural larder. The fertile environs surrounding this settlement of twenty thousand souls play host to...
The election of Michael Sata to president of Zambia is not sitting well with copper miners who fear the 73-year-old, known as “King Cobra” for his aggressive style, will pick the pockets of mining companies, Bloomberg reports. Among the foreign companies with copper...
Bloomberg reports the London Metal Exchange which handles some 80% of global trade in industrial metals futures, told members it may get a takeover offer after multiple approaches from potential bidders. See...
New legislation promises to maximise revenues and tighten regulation. Guinea’s new mining code, passed on September 9, promises to maximise the public revenues generated by foreign deposits and impose stricter regulations upon mining companies operating in the...
London-listed miner ENRC has ended its long-awaited governance review, confirming both the chairman and CEO in their roles as part of a trimmer board that it hopes will revive its underperforming shares. See...
Effective September 19th, Goldcorp has been removed from the Dow Jones North America Sustainability Index. The announcement comes in the context of ongoing allegations of human rights violations and evidence of environmental contamination in communities affected by...
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples has warned the the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva of numerous violations of Indigenous Peoples rights, triggered by extractive enterprises encroaching on their territories. These include: water...
