As the acclaimed 3D film ‘Avatar’ is nominated for an Oscar in the Best Film category, tribal peoples around the world have claimed the film tells the real story of their lives today. See http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=15576. See also comment on...
Amnesty International has published a report on alleged police brutality and forced evictions occurring around the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The organisation asks members of the public to urge the PNG government to investigate the human rights violations,...
Bailiffs and police under the auspices of the National Eviction Team (http://ukevict.com) began the long expected eviction of Mainshill Solidarity camp, which was protesting against the expansion of opencast coal mining in Scotland. See...
According to author Bob Hughes: “Climate change is a social justice issue, but till now it has been presented as a problem of collective guilt… pretending that the poor and the rich are somehow equally responsible. Meanwhile the real crime – the very...
It’s widely believed that “illegal” mining is only undertaken by small groups of entrepreneurs or artisanal operators. If, and when, the state cracks down on their operations, the culprits are removed (sometimes with considerable violence, as in...
But the group reinstated its dividend on the back of a bullish outlook for metal prices. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=97554&sn=Detail&pid=92730.
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port has asked the Bangladesh government to immediately expel the UK-based Asia Energy (owned by GCM Resources) in compliance with the deal signed in 2006. See second article at...
Donald Brydon is leaving to look after other business interests and, analysts maintain the replacement is unlikely to come from a metals background. See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=97434&sn=Detail&pid=92730.
Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, today unveiled a new project to create more jobs, support entrepreneurship and boost local economies in South Africa, a move welcomed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). See...
Amnesty International today (10 February) reacted to a statement from Vedanta Resources, which was distributed by a marketing agency in Delhi yesterday, regarding Amnesty’s 9 February report “Don’t Mine Us Out of Existence”. The statement does not address any of the...
An alumina refinery operated by a subsidiary of UK-based FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources in Orissa, India, is causing air and water pollution that threatens the health of local people and their access to water, says a new report from Amnesty International today...
The Dongria Kondh say plot of James Cameron’s blockbuster reflects their plight as they struggle to stop company from opening bauxite mine on sacred mountain. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/08/dongria-kondh-help-stop-vedanta.
