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Canada: Supreme Court requires bankrupt company to pay settlement from earlier lawsuit over waterways pollution
Author: NetNewsLedger
"Supreme Court Rules in R. v. Resolute FP Canada Inc." 7 Dec 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News
- Related companies: Bowater Inc.
Portugal: Legality of Lusorecursos' lithium mining contract questioned; company comments included
Author: Victoria Waldersee and Catarina Demony, Reuters
"Portugal's government under fire over controversial lithium contract," 27 November 2019....
- Related in-depth areas: Extractives Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources
- Related companies: Lusorecursos
Guinea: An Asian-Guinean consortium wins the rights to exploit the huge Simandou iron ore deposit
Author: Le Monde with AFP
[Excerpt translation from Chinese to English provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]...
Author: Le Monde avec AFP
« La Guinée réattribue l'exploitation d'un immense gisement de fer à un consortium asiatico-guinéen », 14 novembre 2019....
- Related in-depth areas: Chinese investment overseas Latest news on natural resources Ressources naturelles
- Related companies: BSG Resources (part of Beny Steinmetz Group) Rio Tinto Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Société Minière de Boké (SMB) (joint venture between Winning Shipping, United Mining Supply, Shandong Weiqiao and Yantai Port)
Environmental Report defenders under attack – The threats facing people who protect nature
Author: Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC)
A new report released today by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) clearly demonstrates that people who protect the environment and human rights are increasingly being monitored, threatened, harassed – and even murdered. ...
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- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders Natural resources (land, water, forests)
Author: Minera Autlán
Estamos comprometidos con la transparencia y el cuidado del medio ambiente, siempre apegados a las normas y regulaciones establecidas por las autoridades mexicanas. En relación a nuestras operaciones informamos que: La contaminación y supuesta afect...
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- This is a response from the following companies: Minera Autlán (part of Grupo Ferrominero GFM)
Author: Radio New Zealand
“有争议的PNG矿场重新开放，但当地人不高兴”，2019年10月30日...
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- Related in-depth areas: 中资企业海外投资
- Related companies: China Metallurgical (MCC)
Locals voice concern as Ramu mine reopens after toxic slurry spill
Author: Benjamin Robinson-Drawbridge, Radio New Zealand
"Controversial PNG mine reopens but locals unhappy", 30 October 2019. ...
- Related stories: Papua New Guinea: Chinese-owned Ramu Nickel spills 200,000 litres of toxic slurry into the sea; co. commits to address compensation
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- Related companies: China Metallurgical (MCC) Ramu Nickel
Indonesia: Freeport McMoRan's Grasberg mine impacts indigenous land rights, company response included
An article by Mongabay from 2017 alleges that PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) never compensated the Amungme and Kamoro people on the land where it operates its Grasberg gold and copper mine. The article also alleges that PTFI was using land in protected...