Xstrata bidding for Canadian coal explorer
Miner Xstrata has made an all-cash bid for privately held Canadian miner First Coal Corporation, it said on Thursday, with an offer valuing the firm at $153 million. Xstrata, the fourth largest global diversified miner, said the board of First Coal had unanimously...Anglo American pushes back Quellaveco approval to 2012
London-based Anglo American has delayed board approval for its Quellaveco copper project in southern Peru’s Moquegua region as it is still waiting for water permits to be granted. See...CAFOD warns government: Do not end legal protection for victims of UK multinationals
New laws will make it impossible for people in poor countries to seek justice in British courts for human rights breaches by UK multinationals. See http://www.cafod.org.uk/news/international-news/no-to-legal-aid-bill-2011-07-21. London 2012: Olympic gold medals glitter in public for the first time
The weighty discs that will adorn the exultant necks of thousands of athletes in a year’s time were allowed to glitter in public for the first time. The ore for the medals comes from London 2012 sponsor Rio Tinto’s Utah Copper Mine in Salt Lake City, US,...Vedanta AGM 27 July 2011
Anger erupted inside and outside Vedanta’s annual meeting on Wednesday as campaigners protested against the mining company’s environmental and human rights record.