Lie down protest in front of government mining offices, Surigao City, on Earth Day 2013. Photo: Roel N. Catoto, Mindanews The challenge continues to be made to the constitutionality of the benefit sharing parts of the 1995 Mining Act. The case has kept issues related...
Africa’s biggest copper producer, Zambia, is planning to repatriate foreign currency made from exports back to the country in an effort to crack down on tax evasion, mainly in the mining sector, reports Financial Times. The ruling, which may come into force in a...
“The battle lines will be drawn indelibly between the people and the Corporates and it is anybody’s guess as to who will win.” So comments human rights activisit, M C Raj, as he reviews the implications of last month’s “historic”...
Dole not Coal FOR the 590 miners who lost their jobs when Scottish Coal collapsed last month, there is a lot at stake this week. Liquidator KPMG looks likely to announce what will happen to the company’s portfolio of six opencast coal mines in Ayrshire,...
Global miner Rio Tinto has attracted strong interest for a $2.5 billion loan to expand its Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, in one of the largest resource financings in Asia this year, banking sources said. The financing is key for Rio Tinto to go ahead...
The US Supreme Court has “vacated” (i.e. relinquished) an earlier decision by another court, to hear a case against Rio Tinto, alleging its responsibility for war crimes (et al) on the island of Bougainville. Steve Berman, a lawyer for the Bougainville...
Rio Tinto stands to make big profits if the Panguna mine on Bougainville reopens. In recruiting advisors with strong links to the mining giant, AusAid isn’t helping the peace process, writes Kristian Lasslett. See...
A new report shows existing U.S. hardrock mines (e.g. gold, copper, uranium) will pollute up to 27 billion gallons of fresh water per year, and cost as much as $67 billion per year to clean, in perpetuity. Based on government data, ‘Polluting the Future: How...
Designers of everything from mobile phones to electric car batteries should make their products far easier to recycle to offset soaring demand for metals, two United Nations reports have recommended. Products should be made to become “designer minerals” at...
A new report, launched last Wednesday in Westminster by The Gaia Foundation and allies including London Mining Network, exposes the social and ecological atrocities and the toxic legacy of gadgets such as smartphones and laptops. From environmental destruction and...
The Serious Fraud Office has launched a criminal investigation into Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), the embattled FTSE 100 miner that has been beset by corruption allegations. The move follows efforts by the company to conduct its own investigation into...
On Wednesday 24 April, 50 people took part in a demonstration and rally outside the annual general meeting of Drax Plc, in London, organised by Biofuelwatch and supported by 16 other groups including LMN and member groups Coal Action Scotland, Colombia Solidarity...
