There seem to be few new tactics that may be adopted in the seemingly interminable battle to force mining companies into being both honest and just. However, on September 22nd, what some have described as a “unique event” took place in one of the global...
Communities in the municipality of Bolivar in the Colombian province of Cauca held a demonstration on 18 September to protest against the presence of London-listed South African multinational AngloGold Ashanti. A community forum was held in the municipal arena,...
Press release from London Mining Network : Update 1 25 September 2009 No firm death and injury count is yet available relating to victims of the September 23rd disaster at UK-listed Vedanta’s power plant construction site in Korba, India, when a partly-constructed...
A number of people concerned about Vedanta’s operations around the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa have drawn up a petition to the company’s investors, asking them to disinvest. See http://www.PetitionOnline.com/vedanta2/petition.html.
Vedanta under scrutiny as 100 feared dead at aluminium plant The safety policies of the London-listed mining giant Vedanta Resources are set to come under scrutiny after an accident at one of its sites in India killed as many as 100 people on Wednesday. The group has...
A nine-year old boy recently filed a public interest petition against the “unsafe” mining activities of India’s biggest mining company – UK-listed Vedanta Resources plc. Akaash Naik was backed by Claude Alvares, the highly-esteemed director of...
South Africa’s fourth largest investment bank has said it “may not” finance mining companies and energy producers which emit large amounts of global greenhouse gases. Among Nedbank’s clients is Kumba Iron Ore – by far the country’s...
Press statement: Sekuruwe community takes action on desecrated graves Issued by Jubilee South Africa, 24 September 2009 The Sekuruwe community in the Mapela area, north of Mokopane in Limpopo Province, has been taking action for the last three days to demand...
See http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=16575 22 September 2009 A mining registrar in Western Australia has a hard decision to make. The Martu Idja Banjima Native Title claimants — the Martidja Manyjima people of the Pilbara — want him to hear their...
British mining companies have expressed further interest in doing business in the Philippines, following a business meeting with President Arroyo in London. Rio Tinto has reportedly expressed interest while BHP Billiton is already active in the country. See under UK...
GCM Resources Plc (GCM.L) swung to a full-year pretax loss and said it remained fully committed to the Phulbari Coal project in Bangladesh and that it had cash of 1.4 million pounds as at end-June. See http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSBNG54445120090924.
Stop Press: According to Agence France Press (14.30 pm GMT) more than a hundred are now feared to have died in this disaster, with dozens more bodies still to be accounted for. At least thirty workers buried alive at UK mining company’s Indian operation PRESS RELEASE...
