2023 Goldman environmental prize winners include Texas Gulf coast defender Diane Wilson took on Formosa Plastics and won a $50m settlement to help clean up decades worth of toxic plastic waste The Guardian - US · Apr 24, 2023
The American right has gone to war with 'woke capitalism' – here's what they get wrong Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor and likely future presidential contender, has opened up a new front in his party’s war on “woke capitalism”. He is proposing to change the rules around how public bodies within Florida borrow from the markets by issuing bonds. The Conversation · Feb 24, 2023
Mining giant Anglo American takes £1.4bn impairment on North Yorkshire fertiliser project Long awaited development plans for the project have now been revealed Birmingham Post · Feb 23, 2023
FTSE 100 Live: Rolls-Royce shares surge, BAE Systems and WPP post results Rolls-Royce shares are flying after the new boss of the engines giant posted better-than-expected results and said he would conduct a strategic review as part of efforts to turn around the business. Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2023
Office days: The full list of average weekly working patterns at FTSE 100 companies Here is the full list of respondents and their feedback to a Evening Standard survey looking at weekly working patterns, writes Joanna Hodgson Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2023
UN experts apply for court role in Anglo American’s Kabwe lead poisoning case The organisation and Human Rights Watch petition in South Africa to take part in class action as the mining giant denies liability The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022
Central Queensland coal miner tells parliamentary committee industry has paid 'lip service' to safety Moranbah coal miner Scott Leggett puts his job on the line to call out the safety culture within the industry. ABC News · Nov 2, 2022
Meet the 'scavengers' on the Black Mountain at the world's most toxic town People working in the world's most toxic town have dangerously levels of lead in their system - but are forced to do so to make ends meet Daily Mirror · Oct 30, 2022
Inside most toxic town in the world where children and residents poisoned by LEAD Generations of children have suffered exposure to lead - a potent neurotoxin that is particularly damaging to the young - in the so-called Villages of the Damned in Zambia Daily Mirror · Oct 22, 2022
Upper Hunter thoroughbred industry bolstered as state reaffirms open cut mining ban at Dartbrook The NSW government will amend a state environmental planning policy to effectively reinforce its earlier commitment to prohibit open cut mining at Dartbrook coal mine in the Upper Hunter. Newcastle Herald · Oct 22, 2022
Lawsuit demands justice for Zambians 'poisoned' by lead mine A class action lawsuit targeting mining giant Anglo American over alleged health problems caused by lead mines in central Zambia will hear who can participate in the case in November. Radio France Internationale · Oct 21, 2022
Nathan Tinkler circling Dartbrook underground mine as its debt-laden owner considers a sale Nathan Tinkler's tilt at Dartbrook Newcastle Herald · Aug 23, 2022
Anglo American signals first half progress at Woodsmith mine following changed schedule The mineral transport tunnel - which will eventually take polyhalite to Teesside for shipping - has been connected to the mine's access shaft Birmingham Post · Jul 28, 2022
Coalition allowed emissions from Queensland coalmine to more than double without penalty Baseline increase for Anglo American’s Grosvenor mine prompts calls for Labor to overhaul safeguard mechanism The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2022
ABC News · Jun 21, 2022 Coal royalty increase in Queensland state budget blasted by mining industry, resources council The Queensland government's revamp of how resource royalties are collected draws heavy criticism from the mining industry, but an academic believes it capitalises on coal prices while they are spiking and will not lead to anyone going "out of business".
ABC News · Jun 7, 2022 Australia's total coal mine methane emissions double official estimates, Ember report finds Researchers find "massive under-reporting" of methane emissions from Australian coal mines — but new technology could make a huge difference. So why isn't it being used?
The Independent UK · May 20, 2022 Mining companies back away from Brazil's Indigenous areas Some of the world’s biggest mining companies have withdrawn requests to research and extract minerals on Indigenous land in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and repudiated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to legalize mining activity in the areas
Reuters · May 6, 2022 Chile's parched mines race for an increasingly scarce commodity: water A record-breaking drought in Chile is impacting mining operations and forcing companies to escalate their search for more sources of water, from water treatment and pricey desalination plants to even encouraging workers to use less water in the shower.
ABC News · Apr 8, 2022 Mining companies accused of negligence in death of Moranbah mine worker Bradley Hardwick A civil claim in the Supreme Court alleges mining companies were aware of issues with equipment years before a father of two was killed in an underground coal mine.
ABC News · Mar 25, 2022 Man dies in underground coal mine in Central Queensland after being struck in the head A 58-year-old dies in an underground coal mine at Moranbah in Central Queensland after suffering critical head injuries.
Birmingham Post · Feb 24, 2022 Anglo American to spend £446m on Woodsmith Project as shareholders receive bumper payout The global operator has revised down its estimated investment in 2022 as shareholders are set to receive dividends worth £1.5bn
ABC News · Feb 22, 2022 Anglo American avoids prosecution for 'foreseeable' mine explosion The state prosecutor says there does not exist "a reasonable prospect of securing a conviction".