Antamina expansion agreed in Peru

The board of Peruvian copper-zinc producer Minera Antamina has approved a US$1.29bn expansion project, the mine’s owners announced Tuesday. London-listed BHP Billiton and Xstrata and Canada’s Teck separately reported the plan to go ahead with a 38%...

Commodities trader plans £21.9bn float

Secretive Switzerland-based commodities trader Glencore started laying the groundwork for a possible £21.9billion-plus flotation with the £1.4billion sale of bonds that could be converted into shares. A stock market listing would net hefty windfalls for management and...

Miningwatch Canada Newsletter Winter 2009-10

London Mining Network’s sister organisation in Canada has posted its winter newsletter online at http://www.miningwatch.ca/en/newsletter-categories/newsletters/newsletter-27-winter-2009-2010. Of particular interest is its coverage of Bill C-300, a private...

BHP Billiton sells stake in Philippine nickel project

BHP Billiton has pulled out of a $2 billion nickel project in the southern Philippines after selling its 40 percent stake to a local partner. The project was BHP’s only mining venture in the Southeast Asian country and the move could be part of the miner’s...

Expanded alternative report on BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton, the world’s largest diversified resources company – producing oil as well as coal, copper, diamonds, iron ore, manganese, nickel, uranium and a number of other minerals – boasts of a strong reputation for corporate responsibility. Communities affected by...

Little climate for change

African delegates walked out of Copenhagen’s climate talks on Monday, accusing rich nations of jeopardising prospects of a binding treaty. This week, the Mines and Communities website updated its mining-related background to this crucial summit...

‘Nuclear Energy Is Not a Solution to Climate Change’

As the threat of nuclear weapons looms large over the very existence of life on earth, Dr Sue Wareham, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons’ (ICAN) Australian board member, is calling for a speedy abolition of these weapons and the rejection of nuclear...

Peru: Violence Targets Anti-Mining Activists

On Wednesday 2nd of December a new violent confrontation between local residents and police occurred in the town of Cajas Canchaque, district of Carmen de la Frontera, in the province of Huancabamba, northern Peru. During the confrontation two residents died by police...

Who's funding what in mining?

Need to know which banks and institutions are funding which mining companies – and where? From Money to Metals by Roger Moody is an indispensable database and analysis, recently updated and available on-line at...