First Nations leader George Poitras was in the UK recently to testify to policymakers and MPs about the impacts of the Canadian tar sands industry on Indigenous Peoples in Alberta, and to encourage the UK to support the labelling of tar sands fuel as highly polluting...
Vedanta’s operations in India suffer another blow after the Dongria Kondhs voted against the development of a bauxite mine in Niyamgiri. Despite this show of feeling there is, however, some confusion as to whether the authorities have granted permission....
A fact-finding mission has recorded a growing number of human rights violations featuring mining in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya. These involve multinational mining companies including the Australian based OceanaGold and Royalco, as well as the British Metals...
Dispute over Xstrata Nickel mine sparks riot in front of Dominican Congress Two groups in dispute over the Glencore Xstrata nickel mine project at Loma Mirada (central) unleashed a riot in front of Congress Wednesday morning, hurling stones and debris at each other,...
After Rio Tinto had its approval to expand a mine in Australia’s Hunter Valley overturned by a court, it entered into a flurry of correspondence with the New South Wales Government. The government joined with Rio to appeal the decision and now wants to change...
The birthplace of Aristotle is under threat from large-scale mining by London-listed Eldorado Gold, but a wave of social unrest threatens to derail the government’s economic agenda, writes Jen Wilton. See more at:...
Protest again Glencore Xstrata’s Tampakan project in the Philippines London Mining Network (LMN) has long been concerned about the impacts of the activities of London-listed mining giants Glencore and Xstrata. Now that the two companies have merged to form a...
The top 5 UK banks (HSBC, Barclays, Standard Chartered, RBS and Lloyds) are complicit in fuelling climate change and destroying communities and the environment in the rainforests of Indonesian Borneo through their financing of an Indonesian coal boom, according to a...
Celebration of New Internationalist’s 40th anniversary 7 – 10pm, Amnesty International UK Human Rights Action Centre. Join New Internationalist editors and guest speakers including: Lindsey Hilsum (Channel 4), Dan Smith (International Alert), John Hilary...
London Mining Network press release 23 September 2103 London-based mining multinational Rio Tinto, which provided the metal for the 2012 Olympic medals, is in court in Utah this Tuesday (24 September) for air pollution at the very mine from which most of the Olympic...
Legal Resources Centre, Legal Aid South Africa and Leigh Day & Co Press release 25 September 2013 Landmark settlement of President Steyn miners’ claims against AngloAmerican boosts fight for silicosis compensation The long-running President Steyn gold miners’...
Chile’s environmental regulator, the SMA, is bringing charges against mining giant Anglo American’s local division, after inspections conducted last April showed the company breached several environmental laws. According to local newspaper La Segunda, the...
