Hundreds of tribespeople, many carrying bows and arrows, marched in protest against a bauxite mine planned by Britain’s Vedanta Resources Plc, police and eyewitnesses said. The protesters, including hundreds of women, danced and shouted slogans as they marched...
Two Peruvian human rights groups are demanding a full government investigation into allegations of police torture against protesters in 2005 at a northern mining project, citing photographs of the apparent abuse received from an anonymous source. The photos, published...
Despite recent doom and gloom surrounding many of its operations, Rio Tinto has finally opened one of the most controversial mines in recent history. Until a few years ago, critics of Rio’s proposed mineral sands project in south eastern Madagascar included the...
Mining company Rio Tinto has put off plans to spend $205 million to develop a port facility in Agraciada, Uruguay, a company spokesman said Wednesday. “Rio Tinto is postponing the expansion of the Corumba mine and associated logistics, which includes the iron...
The Runruno Land Owners Association (Rulanas) lamented that a mining firm operating in Quezon town’s Runruno village remain unresponsive to the plight of residents who claim to be have been repeatedly deceived by the promises of the mining company. See...
AN American legal team fighting for Bougainville people in a major compensation case against Bougainville Copper Ltd (owned by Rio Tinto) will go to Papua New Guinea to see the Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare and President James Tanis. The visit comes after the...
Peru Support Group statement, 12 January 2009 NEW ENVIRONMENTAL AND DEVELOPMENT THREATS IN PERU. ACTIVISTS ‘CRIMINALISED’. The Peru Support Group (PSG) is concerned that recent government decisions in Peru will lead to a major expansion of mining in the Río Blanco...
5 January 2009 PIURA, Peru – The government of Peru has approved the request of British mining company Monterrico Metals to acquire a buffer zone around eight core mining concessions of the company’s Rio Blanco Project in the high mountains of northern...
The return of a democratically elected government to Bangladesh has brought renewed calls for a withdrawal of all energy-related contracts previously signed without the consent of the people. Prime among these contracts is that for the huge Phulbari coal project,...
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The international Mines and Communities network has now published its updated declaration on mining and invites communities and organisations to sign on to it. All LMN supporters are asked to read and consider the new London Declaration on mining and to sign it if...
It may not mark the conclusion of what has been a prolonged and well-coordinated international campaign to achieve a community’s basic rights, following a brutal eviction from their territory. But the agreement made last month between Cerrejon Coal (owned by...
