BHP Billiton has settled a royalty dispute with the Colombian government – thus enabling the world’s second biggest mining company to continuing operating its Cerro Matoso nickel mine. (At the same time, fifty five workers have filed a lawsuit demanding...
London Mining Network member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign has sent a delegation to Colombia to visit a number of mining-affected communities. Among the communities visited have been those suffering as a result of the expansion of the Cerrejon coal mine, owned by...
New report demolishes mining industry claims Australia’s coal mining giants are trying to scare the life out of its citizens over the impacts on jobs and investments from the recently-proposed nationwide carbon tax. The proposal is due to be debated by...
UK Tar Sands Network tells us: The last month has seen a burst of action against the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, with 1,252 people arrested during two weeks of sit-ins in front of the White House. Even Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama have...
Survival International has been speaking to Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve as they celebrate drinking water from the Mothomelo borehole for the first time in nine years. It marks a significant step towards their full return to their ancestral lands...
Commentary by Nostromo Research The release of a wikileak (below) last week raises questions about the operations (and governance) of one of the largest companies recently registered on the London Stock Exchange – one which shot straight into the FTSE 100 on its...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a fresh government. And it’s brought with it a “baptism of fire” in the shape of radical proposals to change the country’s existing minerals legislation. A new law would grant indigenous landowners rights over their...
On 16 August 2011, a prominent Indian environmental and social activist was shot dead while preparing to leave her home in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. A passionate opponent of the “tiger mafia” and supporter of tribal peoples’ rights,...
On the eve of a court hearing in Brisbane on August 29-31, Friends of the Earth International called on London-listed Swiss mining giant Xstrata’s shareholders and investors to act to stop Xstrata’s massive ‘Mega Coal Mine’ project in...
Why the Fukushima disaster is worse than Chernobyl Japan has been slow to admit the scale of the meltdown. But now the truth is coming out. See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/why-the-fukushima-disaster-is-worse-than-chernobyl-2345542.html Fukushima Blows...
Information provided by Friends of the Earth, Adelaide The Federal and South Australian Governments are currently considering the final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. This is the last stage of the approval process,...
The Embera indigenous peoples and the Afro-Colombian community of Jiguamiando are trying to protect their land, the environment and their cultural and spiritual heritage in a region of Colombia known for its rich bio-diversity, which is currently under threat from a...
