Protesters grab chance for a dig at mining giants
Protesters say Rio’s record makes a mockery of Lord Coe’s promise of the greenest Games ever Two of the world’s biggest mining companies endured a barrage of protests last Thursday, as a broad...
View ArticleCoAL rail plan faces farmers’ resistance
London-listed Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has again sailed into an environmentally-charged storm over its plans to build a R300 million railway line north of the Soutpansberg in the Limpopo River...
View ArticleNo to CoAL!
Video from Water Open Day The London-listed mining corporation Coal of Africa Ltd (CoAL) continues to push forward with plans to open a coking coal mine in the Venda region of South Africa. A recent...
View ArticleWorld Bank at odds – with itself
A new World Bank report confirms that an IFC-backed South African coal-fired power plant threatens water quality and other environmental depredation, as objectors have long argued. See...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s ANC holds debates on mining tax reforms
But will they lead anywhere? Among London-listed companies active in South Africa are Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, BHP Billiton, Coal of Africa Limited, Rio Tinto and Xstrata. See...
View ArticleCoAL to consider Unesco report on Vele
London (AIM)-listed Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) said last Wednesday that it would, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), consider the United Nations Educational,...
View ArticleUK High Court orders Anglo American to disclose documents to South African...
Anglo American South Africa Ltd (AASA) has been ordered by a UK High Court judge to disclose an array of documents to ex-gold miners who are suing AASA for silicosis in a mass action in the UK High...
View ArticleSouth African union declares wage dispute at BHP mine
Dominant South African workers union NUM has declared a dispute with the group’s Hotazel manganese mines and the issue had been referred to a government mediator to avert a strike. See...
View ArticleLonmin massacre shows environmental and social issues are vital to company...
The nosedive in Lonmin’s share value over the last week is proof that the environmental, social and human rights activities of companies are linked to their financial value, says British MP Lisa...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Judge must oversee probe into mine protest deaths
Amnesty International has called on the South African authorities to ensure that any investigation into the deaths of the 34 people who died after South African police opened fire at the Marikana mine...
View ArticleMassacre of Lonmin Miners: Christian Aid partner brokers meeting between...
Following one of the worst police shootings in South Africa since apartheid, Bishop Jo Seoka, chair of Christian Aid partner Bench Marks Foundation, has persuaded Lonmin executives to meet with...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Marikana mining massacre: who is to blame?
The mayhem, unleashed last week around a platinum mine site in South Africa, marks one of the most horrendous developments of the post-apartheid era. On Thursday, 16 August, South African police fired...
View ArticleMore South Africa gold miners face lung disease lawsuit
South Africa’s leading gold mining companies are facing a potential lawsuit on behalf of thousands of workers who claim they contracted silicosis, a lung disease, through the companies’ negligence. A...
View ArticleBa-Phalaborwa demands justice from Rio Tinto
South Africa’s Ba-Phalaborwa Indigenous Community is demanding justice from Rio Tinto for years of mining without the community’s consent and for its planned exit from the Palabora copper mine without...
View ArticleUpdate on Lonmin and the Marikana mine massacre
Marikana mine strike: South Africa court frees miners About 50 South African miners have been freed after murder charges against them, relating to the deaths of 34 miners shot by police, were dropped....
View ArticleVictory for striking mineworkers at Marikana
Striking Lonmin miners take 22% pay rise offer Workers at Lonmin’s Marikana mine have accepted a 22% overall pay increase to end more than five weeks of deadly strikes. The agreement reached Tuesday...
View ArticleHands Off Latin America!
March: Friday 12 October 2012 Organised by LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign and other Latin American organisations 1492… Start of the Genocide We will march on 12 October to remember...
View ArticleSouth Africa shootings: Marikana mine inquiry begins
A judicial commission of inquiry into the fatal shootings of 44 people at a Marikana mine has opened. The inquiry was set up by South African President Jacob Zuma. The investigation will determine the...
View ArticleWorld Bank funding for mining projects blasted by UK group
Bretton Woods Project last week took issue with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The UK-based NGO strongly criticised the World Bank’s private lending arm over its backing for six mining...
View ArticleSouth African mineworker strikes proliferate, with no resolution in sight
Long-term Investors in South Africa’s mining industry are divesting from company stocks, according to the country’s Business Day newspaper. Workers are extending their strikes to even more mines, and...
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