The South African Benchmarks Foundation has produced a report on the activities of De Beers in Botswana and on South Africa’s west coast. London-based Anglo American plc owns 45% of De Beers. See http://www.bench-marks.org.za/ and click on the repots listed on...
If there were ever a place that came close to the magical world of Pandora in James Cameron’s new film Avatar, it would probably be the Amazon. There may not be butterflies that look like flying squid, but in the Amazon can you eat giant worms and lemon flavored ants...
“… after six months of engagement, we are not satisfied that Vedanta has shown, or is likely in future to show, the level of respect for human rights and local communities that we expect of companies in whom the Church investing bodies hold shares.” NEWS from...
Six people were wounded Sunday in a shooting ambush near US company Freeport McMoRan’s massive gold and copper mine in Indonesia’s eastern Papua region, police said. Three policemen and three mine workers were hurt in the ambush on a convoy of buses and...
Their 7-point demands include passing a bill in the Bangladesh Parliament barring export of natural resources, cancelling the proposed model production-sharing contract (PSC) with foreign oil companies, ditching open-pit coal mining and expelling Asia Energy. Asia...
Despite the relative poverty of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, the local authorities have decided that the proposed Reko Diq mine will not make things better. The company involved, Antofagasta plc, while controlled by Chilean capital, is listed in London and...
Taking note of the industrialisation boom and Orissa’s fast-paced economic growth, the UK has begun to explore trade and investment opportunities in the State. It has identified sectors like metals and minerals, mining, advanced engineering, infrastructure and...
The struggle continues for trade union rights for contract workers at Colombia’s vast mining complex, Carbones del Cerrejón. ICEM mining affiliate Sintracarbón has been fighting to organize the contract workers at the mine. ICEM is the International Federation of...
The leading UK-listed mining companies have failed to bring down the number of fatalities at their operations over the past five years in spite of considerable efforts to do so. A Financial Times survey of five leading UK-listed mining groups – Rio Tinto, Vedanta,...
Anglo-Australian mining and resources giant BHP Billiton reported its copper production slipped 12% to 271,100t in the three months ended December 31, the second quarter of the company’s 2010 fiscal year. The drops were a result of a strike at the Spence mine in...
Two days before the Michigan State Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) ceased to exist and a week after its director stepped down, DEQ moved to wrap up a long standing fight over permits for a planned nickel sulphide mine by concluding that only buildings may be...
While not the vindication that Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott wanted, a company-funded report released on the danger of Kennecott’s massive 5,700 acre tailings impoundment, north of Magna, Utah, says the tailings dam may fail, but will not destroy residential areas,...
