Mindanao local seeks Brits' help to fight mining giant
…gold. Lopez gave a series of talks in England about the plight of local communities affected by the Tampakan mining project in South Cotabato, set to become the largest open-pit…
LMN, BHP and UCL
…a mine part-owned by BHP Billiton. Pius spoke about the company’s Indomet project. And our friend Daryll from the Philippines spoke about Glencore‘s Tampakan copper-gold project in the Philippines and…
Philippines: A Deadly Difference of World View
While all appears relatively quiet at the site of Glencore’s proposed Tampakan mine, it looks like Glencore’s junior partner, Indophil, may finally have managed to bail out of the project…
Philippines: Earth Day protests focus on mining
Earth Day celebrations in the Philippines focused on mining. At Glencore Xstrata’s much disputed Tampakan mine, one of the civil society opponents of the mine has been arrested (or abducted)…
Bishops seek stop to Glencore Xstrata’s Tampakan mining project in southern Philippines
…South Cotabato. The bishops pointed out that the $5.9 billion Tampakan mining project by global miner Glencore Xstrata Plc’s Philippines unit is likely to harm the local community and environment….