NGOs reveal top 20 international banks financing the coal mining industry Coal is the single greatest source of carbon emissions endangering our climate. Yet never before has so much coal been mined on the planet as today. Since 2000, global coal production has grown...
The following is a link to the 30 minutes video ‘Nu släpper vi The Gállok Rebellion!’ which is about Swedish protests against the activities of the British mining company Beowulf Mining (in Swedish with English subtitles). Go to http://kolonierna.se/?p=778...
In October Rio Tinto/Oyu Tolgoi LLC finally produced operational plans required for the multilateral development banks’ funding of the Oyu Tolgoi mining project in the South Gobi in Mongolia. Their operational plans can be viewed here, including the April 2013...
A peaceful protest march against gold mining in Skouries, which is on the Chalkidiki peninsula, took place in the center of Thessaloniki, Greece on Saturday. The protest march was attended by thousands of people. March protests were also organized all over Europe,...
London-listed Bumi Plc is moving ahead with its plans of splitting from Indonesia’s controversial Bakrie family, the firm co-founders, by calling its shareholders to approve the long-sought separation on December 4. While the miner said it has received assurances from...
Poland gives coal a voice during UN climate talks With coal-reliant Poland hosting U.N. climate talks, the fossil fuel industry will get a rare chance to play a more visible role in the global warming debate. But in a move that has infuriated climate activists, the...
Barrick finally admitted it is suspending all construction activity at its Pascua Lama project, straddling the Chile-Argentina border. “The prudent course is to suspend the project, but naturally we will maintain our option” chief executive Jamie Sokalsky...
Around the Pacific the feverish interest in deep sea mining has given rise to an equally intense opposition to this unprecedented extractive industry. Dr. Helen Rosenbaum, coordinator, Deep Sea Mining campaign said “With over 1.5 million square kilometres of Pacific...
High in the snow-capped mountains, the sight of tribesmen roaming in loincloths contrasts sharply with that of miners using hi-tech machinery to extract gold and copper ore at a huge US-owned facility in remote Papua province. The heavily-guarded complex is the...
The Simandou mountains in Guinea holds some of the richest iron ore deposits in the world and has the potential to transform the fortunes of the impoverished West African nation. But that’s all Simandou constitutes at the moment – potential. World number two...
Wisconsin Resources Protection Council statement, 29 October 2013 Back in 2007 the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council (WRPC; Tomahawk, WI) embarked on a mission to hold Flambeau Mining Company (FMC) accountable for water pollution problems caused by the...
Friends of the Earth say expansion of BHP Billiton’s Indomet project will cause deforestation and damage rivers of the upper Barito basin. See http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/07/fears-orangutans-bhp-urged-abandon-coalmine.
