by Elif Karakartal and Ximena Blanco On Monday 9 March 2015, the Tribunal in the town of Vilos ordered the demolition of the Mauro tailings (toxic waste) dam at the Minera Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile. Minera Los Pelambres is owned by London-listed mining...
Many in Bougainville are determined to prevent Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) returning to the island. The company’s Panguna copper and gold mine triggered a war with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, backed by Australia. See the...
Tension continues in Caimanes, Chile, as local people continue protests to try to ensure that Minera Los Pelambres, owned by London-listed Antofagasta plc, complies with a court ruling last October ordering it to restore the natural flow of water in the Pupio valley....
Photo: Alvaro Badillo RESIDENTS OF LOS CAIMANES, CHILE, REACH 40 DAYS OF MOBILIZATION TO DEMAND THAT MINING MULTINATIONAL ANTOFAGASTA MINERALS COMPLY WITH CHILEAN LAW Eye witness account from Caimanes, Chile, by Elif Karakartal; translation by Ali Sargent. On October...
The US Senate gave Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton a Christmas present by paving the way for their proposed copper mine in Arizona on land sacred to the Apache people. For background, see Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton in Arizona: copper project in conflict with Apaches and...
