Tag: Vale
The resistance against the giant Vale mining company is growing worldwide
By Carolina Herrmann Coelho-de-Souza (hcarolin at yahoo.com) In 2012, Vale was chosen as the world’s worst corporation in the Public Eye Awards, the “Nobel” of global corporate shame. In the same …
Environmental court cases in North America
By Marta Conde. In Canada and the US, where environmental laws are quite stringent, many battles to stop mining and dumping of waste take place in court. Two recent examples show …
The Colombian mining locomotive has halted
by Joan Martínez-Alier. President Santos of Colombia continues to preach the virtues of what he calls the “mining locomotive” of the economy, based mainly on coal, nickel and gold. But this …