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- Rio Tinto
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Rio Tinto is one of the world most notorious mining companies, responsible for anti-union actions and environmental destruction, such as the mine tailings spillage at the Porco Zinc mine in Bolivia and the mining of a natural park at the St Lucia Wetland Park in South Africa. "Rio Tinto is a world leader in finding, mining and processing the earth's mineral resources. The Group's worldwide operations supply essential minerals and metals that help to meet global needs and contribute to improvements in living standards. Rio Tinto encourages strong local identities and has a devolved management philosophy, entrusting responsibility with accountability to the workplace." - From the website.
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- RosiaMontana.org
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Gabriel Resources, a Canadian junior mining company wishes to realize Europe's largest open cast gold mine in Rosia Montana. The realization of this project means the destruction of Rosia Montana. This includes the destruction of unique archaeological and patrimonial treasures, the destruction of two densely inhabited valleys, the destruction 1600 ha of forests and farming land, the destruction of ten churches and nine cemeteries and the expropriation of the locals refusing to leave. All this destruction is required for a project with an ever more destructive effect: a vast cyanide tailing pond and four large pits. There exists wide opposition to this project and in particular a great solidarity for Rosia Montana's locals refusing to leave.
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- Rush and Ruin-The Devastating Mineral Trade in Southern Katanga, DRC (pdf)
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Global Witness, September 2004. This Report Exposes the dynamics of the rush to exploit cobalt and copper in Katanga (south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)), and how the illicit trade in these minerals is contributing to the ruin of the DRC's economy, the environment and the livelihoods of thousands of Congolese people. There is currently a "cobalt rush" occurring in Katanga caused by record-high international cobalt prices but there is little indication this dramatic rise in trade has had any benefit to the DRC economy or the Katangan province.
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/natres/minerals/2004/09rushruin.pdf
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- Still Drilling
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In this article Monbiot argues that the rebranding of Shell and BP is a fraud. For a company that claims to have moved "beyond petroleum", BP has managed to spill an awful lot of it onto the tundra in Alaska. Oil companies have seized upon the peak oil arguments of environmentalists to argue that if oil supplies are in danger, they must be permitted to prospect in new places. And while the aggression that characterised Shell's campaign against the Ogoni may have gone, their abuse of human rights and the environment continues unchecked. (George Monbiot, Guardian, 13th June 2006)
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/06/13/still-drilling/
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- Stop digging Down Under?
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The firm Xstrata has been granted permission by the Northern Territory regional government to go ahead with a mine. The lead, zinc, and silver deposits lie beneath the McArthur River, so Xstrata will have to divert it by three miles and alter the course of two connecting creeks. The Yanyuwa and their neighbors, the Gudanji tribe, say the McArthur River development is fraught with risk, including the danger of the mine's dams being inundated by floodwaters, releasing toxic materials into the environment. Another concern among the indigenous populations is a spiritual one. Aborigines worry that the diversion of the river will stir the ancient spirits. (Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 October 2006)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1016/p04s02-woap.html?s=hns
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- Sustainable Development and Mining
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This excellent website provides an outline of the development of the concept of sustainable development and mining as well as suppling key documents. •Defining Sustainable Development •Sustainable Development and Mining •The Earth Summit and Agenda 21 •Earth Summit +5 •UN Millennium Summit •The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/CD/sustdev.htm
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- Take action to stop blood diamonds!
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Over 3.7 million people have died in diamond-related conflicts. Millions more have been displaced and, in Sierra Leone, an estimated 20,000 people's limbs were amputated. All for diamonds or in conflicts funded by diamonds. Send an email to the World Diamond Council. No blood for diamonds!
http://action.globalexchange.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6206&t=ActionCenter.dwt
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- Tarnished Gold: Mining and the Unmet Promise of Development
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) continues to dress up money-making gold mining investments as development, yet it fails to demonstrate how these projects actually reduce poverty. On its "golden" 50-year anniversary, this report challenge the IFC to "prove it" by reporting its development impacts on a project-by-project basis. (Bank Information Center et al, 18 September 2006)
http://www.earthworksaction.org/pubs/TarnishedGold.pdf
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- Tell Target to help protect communities and the environment by endorsing responsibly sourced gold.
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This campaign seeks to ensure his victory has helped advance a dialog with jewelry and mining companies on the need to uphold social, environmental and human rights standards at gold mines around the world. Because jewelry accounts for 80 percent of gold use, we need large retailers like Target to get on board. Please help keep up the momentum -- tell Target to join the efforts.
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- The Carbon Connection
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The hard evidence on climate science has moved beyond the point of legitimate dispute. Carbon dioxide, the prime greenhouse gas, is at the highest level in at least the last 650,000 years. This article, heartfelt and compellingly, discusses the devastating path of the US coal industry, the degradation of some of the most diverse and beautiful ecosystems in the world, and the exploitation of land and people for profit. "To permanently destroy millions of acres of Appalachia in order to extract maybe twenty years of coal is not just stupid; it is a derangement at a scale for which we as yet do not have adequate words, let alone the good sense and the laws to stop it" (Davis Orr, Center for Ecoliteracy, 2007).
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/publications/david_orr_carbon_2.html
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- The Cost of Power: Coal Mining and Human Rights in Colombia
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The North American company Drummond arrived in Colombia in 1987 and obtained a claim to exploit coal in a region of Colombia. In 1995, when the shaft was opened, the workers became unionized in order to resist. The communities living in the areas surrounding the mine were displaced. Moreover, the water sources in those areas were removed, obstructed, so the ecosystem changed as well. (Upside Down World, 3 March 2008)
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1160/68/
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- The Mineral Policy Institute
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he Mineral Policy Institute (MPI) undertakes research and advocacy for better social and environmental practice in the minerals industry, and for mineral use efficiency and conservation. MPI uniquely specialises in monitoring and campaigning on the extensive environmental and social impacts of the minerals industry in the Asia-Pacific region. The Mineral Policy Institute also monitors the activities of Australian-based mining companies wherever they operate in the world.
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- The Mineral Policy Institute - E-mail List
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The Mineral Policy Institute maintains public e-mail lists: MPI Announcements - join this mailing list to receive campaign information, news of MPI events and other information; MineAction - a discussion list to share information and questions about environment and human rights issues related to mining in the Asia-Pacific region.
http://www.mpi.org.au/services/lists.html
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- The Mirrar Site
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In 1977 the Aboriginal opposition to the Ranger Uranium proposal was overridden with the words "their opposition shall not be allowed to prevail". Our people were told that the rest of Australia wanted uranium mining within Kakadu National Park. Two decades later and the voices of the Mirrar are again drowned by corporate and government ineptitude and marginalising processes. We welcome your help to spread this story before it becomes history.
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- Timor's Tutorial in Oil Politics
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Quinton Temby's widely reprinted article on the Australian government's ongoing attempt to take East Timor's oil resources largely for themselves. East Timor is one of the very poorest countries in the world. This article appeared in sources as diverse as the Asia Times newspaper and Znet.
http://www.etan.org/et2003/may/24/20ttutor.htm
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- UNEP - Mining
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While mining underpins the industrial development in many regions, it frequently has had and continues to have serious environmental consequences which include the destruction of natural habitat, changes in river regimes, impact on energy and water demand and chemicals accidents. UNEP is dedicated to working with all stakeholders including the mining industry to ensure the needed ambitious environmental and social targets are met through consideration of the full policy mix of regulatory measures, economic incentives and voluntary initiatives.
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/mining/
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- Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM)
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This Association based in Ghana, West Africa, was officially launched on 5th September 1998. Their aim is to mobilize the communities around the Critical Communities' Concerns. They have worked as volunteers in the past to address the many concerns of the communities.
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- World Bank: Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals Department
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The Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals Department combines the public sector policy strengths of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the transaction expertise of the International Finance Corporation. The department is intended to enhance the effectiveness of the World Bank Group in this area and includes experts in finance, energy economics, policy, engineering, and environmental and social issues, who advise and bring their knowledge and experience to a wide range of projects around the world.
http://www.worldbank.org/ogmc/
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- World Coal Institute
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The World Coal Institute (WCI) is a non-profit, non-governmental association of coal producers and coal consumers - the only international body working on a worldwide basis on behalf of the coal industry. Within these pages you will find information on the World Coal Institute, its membership and activities, coal and sustainable development, together with the ability to view online and download all the Institute's publications. Recent World Coal Institute speeches, articles and position statements are also available for browsing and downloading
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