Saving civilization: the 2017 Rio Tinto AGM
Rio Tinto subsidiary QMM’s ilmenite mine in Madagascar Report on the Rio Tinto AGM, London, Wednesday 12 April 2017 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network with assistance from Albert Beale, Andrew Hickman, Andy Whitmore, Mamy Rakotondrainibe,...
Lonmin, the Marikana massacre, job cuts and taxes
Nearly three years after the massacre of mineworkers at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in South Africa, people are still waiting to read the report of an inquiry into the outrage. President Zuma appears to be sitting on the report – and both...
Fears that opencast coal mining could permanently scar Scotland's landscape
… but the solution being proposed is to cut the taxes paid by the companies doing the scarring! Read on… Fears mining could leave Fife’s landscape permanently scarred Scotland’s landscape could be permanently scarred by the legacy of opencast coal unless a...