The enormous technical and financial risks involved in the construction and operation of new nuclear power plants make them prohibitive for private investors, rebutting the thesis of a renaissance in nuclear energy, say several independent European studies. See...
FEDEAGROMISBOL is the Federacion de Agromineros del Sur de Bolivar (Federation of Smallscale Miners of the South of Bolivar) in Colombia. The Federation sees a link between the assassinations and the interest of AngloGold Ashanti (a South African company with a...
Commentary on Goldcorp by Diana Mills, Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural...
Anglo Platinum is a subsidiary of London-based Anglo American Jubilee South Africa PRESS ALERT, Date: 12/2/2010 COMMUNITY TO PICKET ON 15 FEB AT PRETORIA HIGH COURT! ANGLO PLATINUM: HANDS OFF RICHARD SPOOR! Community members from Limpopo will picket outside the...
BHP Billiton also dependent on China for large proportion of sales Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-biggest iron-ore producer, has never been so dependent on China as the country prepares to prosecute four of its employees for bribery and obtaining trade...
Prosecutors in China are proceeding with a court case against four detained Rio Tinto executives, including Australian Stern Hu. See http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/10/2816121.htm. Australia wants transparency in Rio spy case The Australian government has...
The miner announced a profit which, while well ahead of analysts’ expectations, was its worst second-half number in three years, and announced it will cut its dividend. See...
Last September, Anglesey Aluminium, owned by Rio Tinto and Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, closed its aluminium smelter off the north west coast of Wales, causing major unemployment in the area. Rio Tinto tried to attract unemployed workers to a new smelter...
MINING giant Rio Tinto has warned that growing industrial unrest in Australia’s booming resources sector could spread to its critical iron ore mines, as it prepares to start bargaining with unions over workers’ pay and conditions for the first time in 15...
A FORMER Federal Court judge has flagged a likely legal challenge to plans to build a $30 billion gas plant in Western Australia’s remote Kimberley, citing concern over the validity of a compensation deal reached with traditional owners. The Woodside JV includes...
Chief executive Marius Kloppers said demand continued to strengthen, especially from China, but he said the miner remains cautious on the strength and speed of recovery across the developed world. See...
While the UK’s leading war criminal prances around the globe, delivering back-of-envelope patois urging global peace in the Middle East and the Philippines, he’s been working with a slithery hand-picked advisor on a highly dubious project, part-funded by...
