[DOC] Mineral Policy Institute’s July 2005 Newsletter
Includes the following articles: - Perth-based Anvil Mining Company implicated in Congolese massacre [Dem. Rep. of Congo] - Seven tonnes of mercury released from Kalgoorlie Super Pit [operated by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (joint venture Newmont & Barrick Gold); refers to Newmont] [Australia] - MPI issues watching brief on Australian operated Phu Bia Mine in Laos [operated by Pan Australian Resources] - Pressure on Canadian government for legal measures to stop destructive practices of Canadian mining companies overseas - OK Tedi mine waste reaches Gulf of Papua [operated by Ok Tedi Mining Ltd] [Papua New Guinea] - Newmont and Buyat Bay [Indonesia] - Justice for the Victims of Ok Tedi [Papua New Guinea] [refers to BHP (now BHP Billiton)] - Kanaky New Caledonia [France] [refers to Inco] - NSW [New South Wales] Coal: Nobody knows what we are going through so this state can be rich! [Australia] - Western Australia: Meeting of Pilbara traditional owners condemns Rio Tinto [condemns Rio Tinto’s local subsidiary, Pilbara Iron]