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Sep 2008

 
Rio Tinto Dirties Its Reputation – Pension Fund Divests 11 Sep 2008

Jul 2008

 
Killing of local boy at Barrick Gold Porgera mine creates crisis point 29 Jul 2008
Indigenous People of Bismark and Solomon Seas Petition PNG Government to suspend sea bed mining in their territorial seas 02 Jul 2008

Apr 2008

 
Calls for preservation of country and a halt to Rio Tinto's proposed Hope Downs Iron Ore mine 16 Apr 2008

Mar 2008

 
Wiradjuri Elder exposes mine pit collapse at Lake Cowal 30 Mar 2008
PNG – FULL OF KOKODAS BUT WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE AUSTRALIANS 25 Mar 2008

Nov 2007

 
Malawian NGO challenges alleged settlement of court case over the Kayalekera mine 19 Nov 2007
PEAK MINERALS: Ground breaking report warns of resource depletion. 01 Nov 2007

Oct 2007

 
Renewed calls for Lafayette’s Rapu Rapu mine to be permanently halted - major fish kill renews fears of mine contamination. 31 Oct 2007

Jun 2007

 
Rapu Rapu Island Elder Brings Message to Australia for Lafayette Mining Company to stop its destructive operation 08 Jun 2007

Feb 2007

 
Human rights groups and mining watchdogs call for immediate ban on waste 14 Feb 2007
PROTEST ACTION GROWS OVER XSTRATA's PROPOSAL TO DESTROY SACRED SITES AT 13 Feb 2007

Jul 2006

 
Rapu Rapu Watching Brief: Philippines Police Confiscate Independent Water Samples at Australian Minesite 26 Jul 2006

May 2006

 
Rio Tinto evades questions on Bougainville at AGM 05 May 2006
Shareholders join with West Papuans and Bouganvilleans to address Rio Tinto's A.G.M 03 May 2006

Mar 2006

 
Mining Sacred Ground: stories from our earth 22 Mar 2006

Nov 2005

 
BHP Billiton faces shareholder concern over irresponsible conduct across four contients 24 Nov 2005

Jul 2005

 
Escalating Concerns over Goro Nickel Project lead to Opposition by Kanak Representatives 11 Jul 2005
Indonesian Constituional Court Prevents Oz Mining Companies Destruction Of Protected Forests 08 Jul 2005

Apr 2005

 
Media Advisory: Buyat Bay not an isolated case 27 Apr 2005
Declaration to be taken to Barrick Gold AGM 27 Apr 2005

Dec 2004

 
Govt and indigenous community demand Placer Dome out of Borneo forests 09 Dec 2004

Sep 2004

 
Siung Landowners Association and Misima Towho Siung Association seek Misima Justice 24 Sep 2004
Placer Dome Leaves A Legacy Of Destruction On Tiny Pacific Island 24 Sep 2004

Aug 2004

 
IFC supports mine waste dumping while police order polluting mine shut 14 Aug 2004

Jul 2004

 
North Maluku Community protest to reject Newcrest 27 Jul 2004

Jun 2004

 
NGOs Condemn BHP Billiton´s Human Rights Abuses In Colombia 04 Jun 2004

May 2004

 
Indon NGOs challenge govt decree 18 May 2004

Apr 2004

 
Newcrest’s Indonesian mining violations challenged 27 Apr 2004

Mar 2004

 
Highlands Pacific Under Siege as Local Community Revolts 15 Mar 2004

Jan 2004

 
Sino Gold Departure from Tibet Welcomed 27 Jan 2004
Embassy must face up to consequences of BRIMOB, protected areas lobbying 12 Jan 2004
One shot dead, hundred arrested and beaten at Newcrest mine in North Maluku 09 Jan 2004
Newcrest links to armed forces 09 Jan 2004

Dec 2003

 
Newcrest Open cut gold mine violates ancestral forest, breaks forestry law 31 Dec 2003

Nov 2003

 
Locals Blockade Newcrest Mine In Indonesia 11 Nov 2003
BHP Billiton World Heritage Hypocrisy Revealed at AGM in Melbourne 09 Nov 2003
BHP Billiton Chairman lost in the woods over Indonesian Protected Forests 05 Nov 2003

Oct 2003

 
Trouble for Highlands Pacific? Civil Unrest Results in Bloodshed as Kainantu Mine Pushes Ahead 29 Oct 2003
Papuan people demand justice of Freeport-Rio Tinto! 09 Oct 2003
Senate Report: Mines and World Heritage Don't Mix 09 Oct 2003

Aug 2003

 
Miner's World Heritage Concession: Change of Heart of Chance of Tactics? 22 Aug 2003

Jul 2003

 
Indonesia regional govts, civil society: More speak out for forest protection from mining 13 Jul 2003
Mining in protected areas a crime, say lawyers, protestors 03 Jul 2003

Jun 2003

 
Public outcry over mining threat to Indonesian protected forests 23 Jun 2003

Apr 2003

 
“Reject Rio Tinto” – Indonesian community’s pro-forests message for Earth Day and RIO TINTO AGM 09 Apr 2003

Mar 2003

 
Mining companies' role in rights abuses and violence 21 Mar 2003

Feb 2003

 
Leave protected forests alone, Ghanaian, Indonesian, Australian environment groups tell BHP Billiton 22 Feb 2003

Nov 2002

 
Australian Company's Toxic Waste Dumping Breaches International Law 16 Nov 2002

Jan 2002

 
Shootings, deaths at Aussie mine 24 Jan 2002

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