As the nuclear radiation disaster continues in Japan, BHP Billiton said its multi-billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia has progressed into the feasibility study phase. The move is seen as one of the surest signs to date that...
British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg says coalition will be unable to subsidise nuclear energy should current uncertainty cause investors to pull away. Britain could join a wave of countries loosening their embrace of nuclear power in the aftermath of the...
The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, ports and power enforced a six-hour road and rail blockade at Phulbari in Dinajpur, demanding implementation of its seven-point demands including compensation for Aman crops near Barapukuria coal mine...
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is backing one of Africa’s biggest mining companies in carrying out a malarial control programme in Ghana. Its decision is – to say the least – “baffling” the country’s NGO...
The Colombian government has ended Greystar Resources Ltd.’s bid to develop a gold and silver project in a northern highland area, Energy and Mines Minister Carlos Rodado said. The firm’s plans to mine for precious metals in the Santurban paramo, or Andean...
A leading figure in Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change has condemned Anglo American subsidiary Anglo Platinum along with South African companies Impala Platinum and Old Mutual for alleged complicity in abuses in Zimbabwe. The company rejects his...
Sir Julius Chan is the Governor of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea, and one of the country’s most senior political figures. Now, Chan joins his voice to growing criticisms of the world’s biggest proposed sea-bed mining project, declaring:...
Last month’s Fraser Institute report on mining (2009/2010) showed that more than 43% of mining company respondents rated gold as their number one targeted commodity. However, just three weeks later, a survey carried out by Barclays Capital (Barcap) – one...
BHP Billiton has approved the expansion of three key metallurgical coal projects located in the Bowen basin in Central Queensland, Australia. The projects will add 4.9 million tonnes of annual mine capacity (100% basis) through development of the Daunia operation and...
An extremely serious allegation has been made against UK-listed Vedanta Resources plc. The company is accused of sponsoring a briefing to para-militaries, employed to “safeguard” its aluminium operations in Orissa, where they were told to regard local,...
Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Aluminium is in the process of raising Rs 16000 crore (160 billion rupees, just over £2.2 billion) for its aluminium project in Orissa, sources with direct knowledge said. Another source said the Orissa government has assured Vedanta of a...
Canada’s Greystar Resources (listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market) has withdrawn its request for an environmental permit for its Angostura project in the Colombian páramos of Santurbán. The company’s move seems to let the Ministry of ...
