In the latest installment of the on-going saga, Ivanhoe has received yet another set-back from the Mongolian government in its effort to push through the Oyu Tolgoi project. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9372.
British mining giant Vedanta said on Tuesday it is going ahead with plans to mine a bauxite-rich hillside in Orissa considered sacred land by local tribals, and urged two international NGOs to give up their protest campaign. See...
Protesters lined up outside the annual meeting of British mining company Vedanta Resources on Monday to put pressure on its shareholders over plans to mine bauxite on a tribal community’s sacred land in India. As well as listening to the chants of the...
The Global Campaign Against Vedanta has issued the following press release. See below for message of support from Arundhati Roy, further reports, and press releases from ActionAid and Survival International. PRESS RELEASE GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST VEDANTA RESOURCES...
London Calling raises some awkward questions about Chinese arrests For the past ten days a media rumour mill has been relentlessly grinding over possible motives for the July 5 arrests of Stern Hu, a top Rio Tinto executive, along with three lower echelon staff, in...
No one can confidently predict the long-term prospects for global revival of the ferrous and non-ferrous metals sectors. “Analysts” send out mixed signals; some of which are manifestly intended as a boost to investor confidence, while others continue...
Back in May 2009, two former Canadian goverment officials joined one of the country’s most notorious mining companies in order to boost its fortunes in Mongolia and elsewhere. One of these was a former chief of staff for ex-Canadian Prime Minster, Jean...
British MP Diane Abbott has proposed an ‘Early Day Motion’ (EDM), which functions like a petition for Members of Parliament to sign to express a view on a matter of concern. Her EDM, number 1902, calls on the British Government to take action to prevent...
Last month, The Ecologist magazine published a list of investors in Vedanta, the London-listed company planning ti mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills in India against the opposition of many of the Indigenous Kondh people. Halifax Pension Fund, Lloyds TSB Group...
Roger Moody is an expert on mining and mining transnationals. He has spent years uncovering the facts about how mining companies operate. He edits the Mines and Communities website, which exposes the social, economic and environmental impacts of mining, particularly...
Widespread pollution by the Vedanta refinery in Orissa raises serious questions about environmental monitoring. See http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/latha-jishnu-killing-them-ever-so-softly/363547/.
Xstrata is planning to up the stakes dramatically in the takeover battle for Anglo American, by dangling a cash sweetener to shareholders of up to £5bn to tempt Anglo’s management, under new chairman Sir John Parker, to the negotiating table. See...
