The environment ministry has issued environmental violation notice to Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Alumina’s Lanjigarh refinery. Violations include failure to adhere to environment protection norms, unauthorised expansion of capacity to 6 million tonnes and sourcing...
THE August 24 decision of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) refusing to allow mining in the Niyamgiri hills jointly by the Orissa Mining Corporation and Sterlite Industries (India) Limited, a Vedanta Group company, has given a boost to the movements...
A new Corporate Europe Observatory report on the trade talks between the EU and India reveals that officials on both sides have handed the negotiation agenda over to business interests, ignoring the needs of citizens. The result is a big-business-first agenda, which...
Rio Tinto has began production of diamonds from its Bunder Diamond project at Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh, India. The company has so far invested about 2.5 billion rupees and the mining lease had been offered on 475 hectares. Rio Tinto was given the...
The domination of the Australian iron ore industry by Rio Tinto continues, with the official opening of another mine in Western Australia. Brockman 4 is 60 kilometres north-west of Newman, and has 530 fly-in fly-out workers. The $1.7 billion mine will initally produce...
A new era dawned for Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco) when its officials recently signed a contract with Rio Tinto to develop an iron ore mine and infrastructure deep in West Africa’s jungles. Chinalco agreed to invest US$ 1.35 billion for a 47 percent stake in a...
Goldcorp and Eldorado are fighting over Andean’s Cerro Negro project in Santa Cruz province, Patagonia, Argentina, which may produce 285,000 ounces of gold a year with very low production costs. Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are...
Coal of Africa (CoAL) said it may resume production at its Vele colliery in South Africa in the fourth quarter of 2010 after making progress towards rectifying environmental issues. CoAL, listed in London and Sydney, said in August it had halted some construction...
“Essentially, those who embraced the mining project did so because of the failure of the government to provide basic social services such as education, health and road networks. Government neglect made it easier for the entry of (Sagittarius Mines, Inc.),” Meggy...
LONDON-LISTED miner Bezant Resources Plc has commissioned a technical and economic study on its Mankayan copper-gold project, indicating interest in operating the mine in Benguet. In a disclosure to the London Stock Exchange, which was posted on the firm’s website,...
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) has issued a strong and clear statement, requesting a ban on uranium mining and the production of “yellowcake”. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10353. See also: No Need...
Mines and Communities launches a global Special Report Is our planet going up in smoke? NEWS RELEASE From: Mines and Communities, London 1 September 2010 Prospects are now dwindling that a binding Climate Change treaty will be agreed in Mexico later this year. But the...
