RIO Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese says big polluters are being “vilified” by those seeking to score political points, as he lashed out at “extreme” calls for Australia’s coal industry to be shut down and replaced by renewable...
The Mirrar, traditional owners of Koongarra, have won their battle for the modification of borders to their uranium-rich territory and this will now be included within the boundaries of the existing Kakadu National Park World Heritage Area. Nonetheless plans by Rio...
His breathing is laboured, his chest is tight, and he is too weak to work in his garden any more. At the age of 63, former mine worker Wilson Mafolwana wonders if he’ll still be alive when justice is done. He is among the millions of migrant workers who toiled in...
“The fundamental reality of Africa is that it is integrated into a global system of kleptocratic capitalism characterised by primitive accumulation or ‘rent seeking’ by the rich nations and within each nation by the rich power elite. This creates at the...
Residents of African Barrick’s North Mara mining district, backed by their MP, are threatening to close down the UK-listed company’s operations, if it fails to honour pledges to the community. In May, five people were shot dead by police safeguarding the...
Lisa Nandy MP spoke in a debate in the British House of Commons on 29 June pointing out the effects on communities overseas seeking justice from British multinationals. Read her contribution to the debate. Legal Aid, Sentencing And Punishment Of Offenders Bill, House...
Australia – The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine & General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) condemned the bad-faith bargaining strategy of BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) in coal talks in Australia. See...
Issue 167 – June 2011 Mining is a destructive activity that has particularly serious impacts on forests and on the communities who depend on them. It is a direct cause of deforestation and some of its impacts are discussed in this bulletin. But what is behind...
Less than 24 hours before a historic vote on the control of Canada’s stock markets, the TMX Group and the London Stock Exchange called off their merger due to lack of shareholder support. See...
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading will once more look at activity by large metals traders who also own warehouses after a parliamentary committee raised concerns. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=130467&sn=Detail&pid=92730....
London-listed Chilean company Antofagasta and Canada’s Barrick Gold are likely to win mining rights for a $3.3 billion copper and gold project in Pakistan, a senior provincial government official said. The companies are partners in the Tethyan Copper Co (TCC)...
First Quantum Minerals has agreed to pay Zambia $224-million in tax arrears. The company has also been singled out along with Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources, and Glencore’s local unit Mopani, for tax issues related to...
