BHP Billiton, the $200bn mining company, finds itself in the middle of a massive geopolitical independence row due to its hostile takeover of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. Marius Kloppers, the chief executive of FTSE 100 stalwart BHP, is taking a $39bn offer for...
London-based GCM Resources is still hoping that subsidiary Asia Energy can open an opencast mine at Phulbari in Bangladesh. But there is still strong opposition. Oil-gas body wants Phulbari deal implemented The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral...
How RBS funds ‘dirty oil’ Last weekend, Royal Bank of Scotland faced its biggest protests in a long history of protests. Environmental groups and hundreds of climate protesters camped on the lawn at RBS’s Gogarburn headquarters, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. At the...
Press release from LMN member group CATAPA concerning Goldcorp’s Marlin mine With the greatest urgency CATAPA asks the suspension of all activities of the Marlin mine and the application of the other precautionary measures which the Interamerican Commission for...
Authorities in Honduras have filed criminal charges against senior officials of Entremares – a wholly-owned subsidiary of mining giant Goldcorp – based on evidence from aid agency CAFOD of severe water contamination. The data gathered at the San Martin gold mine...
Three new independent studies have confirmed allegations of serious health and environmental violations by GoldCorp at its Marlin mine in Guatemala. Meanwhile, hundreds of Indians living near the mine are accusing a Supreme Court justice of illegally acquiring some of...
A draft bill to protect Argentina’s glaciers edges closer to being passed, thus jeopardising Barrick’s proposed Pascua Lama gold mine and other projects. However, one of the country’s constitutional experts points out that Barrick “could demand...
The National Advocacy Coalition on the Extractives (NACE) is calling on the President and Parliament of Sierra Leone to demand a review of the mining agreement signed between the Government and African Minerals Limited, listed on London’s Alternative Investment...
The latest round in the battle to halt all mining in Indonesia’s protected forest areas seems to have been won by the environmentalists. This could affect, among other companies, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. But it is unclear just how many projects will be...
As BHP Billiton prepares to open a major uranium mining site in Western Australia next year, the clamour for the state to once more ban mining of the radioactive mineral has become louder. In fact, the Wongatha Aboriginal clan that calls this region its home does not...
There is an unusual combination of fear and fortitude on show, as the fight over Niyamgiri Hills finally draws to a close. Even though Vedanta Resources’ proposal to mine bauxite at the sacred mountain in Orissa’s Kalahandi district is rejected, for thousands of...
Vedanta says looking for alternative mines after setback Vedanta Resources said on Wednesday it would seek other sources of bauxite in India after its plans for a mine in an area held sacred by tribespeople were blocked by the government. Vedanta, owned by Indian...
