According to residents in the Valley of Huasco in Chile there is an alarming lack of water in the area, despite the rains in 2010. Barrick Gold has finally been fined for damaging the glaciers they depend on. The Chilean government made it a pre-condition, in...
A report has been produced based on research by Norway’s international environmental foundation, Bellona, aimed at addressing the negative impacts on environment and public health caused by plants operated by Russia’s Norilsk Nickel Mining and...
Consensus is growing that we must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Proponents of nuclear energy say nuclear is the best alternative. But nuclear energy is neither clean nor green. Each step in the nuclear chain poses hazards to the environment and human health....
Introduction by Nostromo Research Much of the data included here is already summarised in the Mines and Communities publication “Dark Materials”. See: http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10299. That research also provides much detail on coal imports and...
GCM claims negotiations with Bangladesh Government GCM Resources, previously known as Asia Energy, has claimed that it is negotiating coal extraction from Phulbari with the government. “GCM is ready to move the Phulbari Project forward when the government...
Private security personnel employed at the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea have been implicated in alleged gang rapes and other violent abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report. The Porgera mine has produced billions of dollars of gold in its twenty years of...
– if not through the fields of Academe India’s home-grown, but foreign-fed, mining supremo Anil Agarwal never lets the opportunity slip to postpone the (almost) inevitable. His UK-listed company, Vedanta, backed by the Orissa state government and local...
More than 20 of the world’s biggest investment banks will pitch for roles on a potential $8bn London listing of a state-owned Mongolian coal mine. Bankers from HSBC, Deutsche, Credit Suisse, Citi and Macquarie are among those who will submit written proposals...
COAL is so popular that it makes for odd bedfellows. In November Nat Rothschild, a member of a prominent European banking dynasty, announced a tie-up with one of South-East Asia’s most controversial tycoons. Aburizal Bakrie is the patriarch of a scrum of companies...
On 25 January, London free paper Metro reported: “A spectacular light show was held at the London Eye to mark a three-year deal between the tourist attraction and EDF Energy. The illumination, which took place at sunrise at the newly-named EDF Energy London Eye,...
The floods that have ravaged Australia could reduce that country’s coal exports by 15 million metric tons in the first quarter, or 20%, according to a report released by the Australian government. Since late December, monsoon rains have caused the worst flooding...
HOW much does it cost to bring down a prime minister? The answer: a tad over $22 million. That’s how much the mining industry spent in six weeks last year on its campaign against Kevin Rudd’s plan for a resource super profit tax. The advertising and public...
