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03-06-2013 New accident jeopardizes Freeport-Rio Tinto's Papuan mine
21-05-2013 London Calling on a Tale of Two Disasters
28-01-2013 More deaths around Freeport's notorious Grasberg mine
23-10-2012 From Bougainville to Ok Tedi via Grasberg
02-10-2012 New Zealand public fund bids "Goodbye to Freeport"
19-06-2012 Riots follow activist killing on Indonesia's Papua island
01-05-2012 Amnesty calls for end to Indonesian police violence
06-03-2012 Freeport-Rio Tinto halts operations once again at Papuan mine
16-01-2012 Papua: Further killings at world's biggest gold-copper mine
10-01-2012 Australian mining company accused of assisting Papua human rights abuses
20-12-2011 Papuan Miners End Strike against Freeport-Rio Tinto
08-11-2011 Papua: Freeport-Rio Tinto labour battles have no end in sight
25-10-2011 Papuans struggle - and die - as mining conflict intensifies
18-10-2011 Striking Freeport miners shot dead in Indonesian strike
05-10-2011 Freeport, Rio Tinto battle with workers
19-09-2011 Papua: Freeport-Rio Tinto workers are on strike - again
23-08-2011 HudBay gets out of Guatemala - but won't escape
11-07-2011 Freeport Indonesia Mine Workers Start Strike
17-05-2011 Canadian Ecumenical Conference on Mining: Report
07-02-2011 London Calling deplores the Human Rights Watch 2010 Report
10-01-2011 Wikileaks stories on Freeport & Mrs Mugabe
13-12-2010 Rio Tinto battles for new copper, gold and coal
24-04-2010 Squeaky - but far from clean
24-04-2010 Rio Tinto confronts critics from across the world
18-04-2010 Norwegian government reviews "responsible investment" guidelines
18-03-2010 Papua Tribe Files $32bn Lawsuit Against Freeport
10-03-2010 Indonesia Allows Mining, Other Projects In Forests
07-02-2010 Conflicts over mining: the illusory boundary between "legal" and "illegal"
31-01-2010 Six wounded in ambush near US mine in Indonesia
11-01-2010 West Papua: Police slay Tribal Activist at world's biggest copper-gold minesite
11-01-2010 BHP Billiton isn't putting another nickel in
22-09-2009 Indonesia's military "invades" Papua mine, atrocities continue
27-07-2009 Dragons in the Indonesian mists
07-07-2009 Mine murders in West Papua: new evidence points to cover-up
08-06-2009 Exposing Freeport's shame
18-05-2009 Freeport rejects modest environmental motion
27-04-2009 Indonesia opens more protected forest areas to mining
14-04-2009 British mining companies face challenge on unjust practices
06-04-2009 Rio Tinto goes naked into the shareholders’ chamber
19-01-2009 West Papua: Police shooting over New Year, major concern for upcoming Indonesian general election
07-01-2009 MAC HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
24-11-2008 JATAM welcomes Gag withdrawal
17-11-2008 Indonesia: BHP writes off Gag Island laterite resource
07-10-2008 Protected? Not in Indonesia!
16-09-2008 World's second biggest pension fund dumps Rio Tinto
02-09-2008 Papuan tribal chief to sue mining giant Freeport
25-08-2008 Indonesia and West Papua: community concerns and coal conflicts
19-08-2008 BHP Billiton's West Papua play hits NGO rocks
20-04-2008 AGM season opens with a few bangs
07-03-2008 Indonesia update
04-01-2008 Indonesia update
10-09-2007 Indonesia update
19-05-2007 Source Information
19-05-2007 Saved in the time of Nik?
26-04-2007 A Victory in West Papua
20-04-2007 Massive strike halts production at giant copper mine in Indonesia
13-02-2007 Asia-Pacific update
06-12-2006 Papua Update
06-12-2006 Ny City Comptroller Wants Freeport Environmental Study
06-12-2006 Papua Update
18-09-2006 Indonesia Update
01-09-2006 Titanium mining suspended after protests on Vietnam island
01-09-2006 Titanium mining suspended after protests on Vietnam island
23-08-2006 Locals protest as titanium mining takes toll on Vietnam island
03-08-2006 Central province maps out titanium mining master plan
05-07-2006 Indonesia Update
05-07-2006 Indonesia Update
30-06-2006 Indonesian Update
30-06-2006 Indonesian Update
29-06-2006 What's wrong in Papua
29-06-2006 What's wrong in West Papua? Rio Tinto must be held accountable, says leading Australian journalist
29-06-2006 What's wrong in West Papua? Rio Tinto must be held accountable, says leading Australian journalist
22-06-2006 China Update
22-06-2006 Indonesia Update
19-06-2006 Indon Military To Secure Us Gold Mine
18-06-2006 Sepang sand mining threatens locals' livelihood in Bengkulu, Sumatra
12-06-2006 Urgent Alert- Civil Rights Of Abepura 16 March 2006 Suspects Threatened
08-06-2006 Tribes reject Freeport talks in U.S.
08-06-2006 Indonesia Update
08-06-2006 Indonesian Update
07-06-2006 Norway throws out Freeport
01-06-2006 Rio Tinto - revisiting the principles
24-05-2006 New Reports: "may The Force Not Be With You"
24-05-2006 New reports: "May the force NOT be with you!"
22-05-2006 Behind The World's Biggest Pension Fund
18-05-2006 The Scariest Predators In The Corporate Jungle
17-05-2006 Indonesia/West Papua Update
17-05-2006 Indonesia/west Papua Update
11-05-2006 Lawmakers Confirm Report Of Pollution At Freeport
06-05-2006 West Papua Update
06-05-2006 Team checks Freeport pollution claims
06-05-2006 West Papua Update
04-05-2006 Freeport and Rio Tito indicted
04-05-2006 MEDIA ALERT: Mineral Policy Institute
04-05-2006 Freeport, Rio breaching environmental laws: Indonesian watchdog
04-05-2006 The Envronmental imacts of Freeport-Rio Tinto's copper and gold mining operation in Indonesia
04-05-2006 Freeport and Rio Tito indicted
02-05-2006 Eliza Kissya: Preserving the 'sasi' tradition against the odds
15-04-2006 Papuans confront Freeport
11-04-2006 Protests Grow Over Group's Grasberg Revenues
01-04-2006 Ethics test miners' mettle
01-04-2006 Submitted to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald: Re "Ethics test miner's mettle" [not publishe
20-03-2006 Indonesian Update
20-03-2006 Indonesia Update
19-03-2006 Newmont Mining's exploration camp burnt on Sumbawa Island
19-03-2006 Elang Dodo Exploration: Proof of Newmont''s Destructive Power
18-03-2006 More detentions in West Papua
17-03-2006 Eyewitness: 'They feel oppressed'
17-03-2006 Indonesia: Investigate Escalating Violence in Papua
17-03-2006 quot;Stop using the 'security approach' in the Freeport case!"
16-03-2006 Four killed in anti-Freeport protests in Indonesia
14-03-2006 Papua New Guinea update
12-03-2006 Indonesian forest to disappear in 15 years
10-03-2006 Following The Money - How Our Pounds Support The Mining Industry
10-03-2006 Mines, money, and partnerships
10-03-2006 Mines, Money, And Partnerships
05-03-2006 quot;Enough is enough!" - cries from West Papua and Nigeria
05-03-2006 "Enough is enough!" - cries from West Papua and Nigeria
01-03-2006 Protesters Want Freeport's Indonesia Mine Closed
27-02-2006 Thirty nine years of Freeport-Rio Tinto is enough
25-02-2006 Shell told to pay Nigerians $1.5bn pollution damages
14-02-2006 Freeport told to clean up copper mine
26-01-2006 Freeport's damage in West Papua is "serious"
26-01-2006 Damage Caused by Freeport to Environment is Serious: Minister Says
26-01-2006 Freeport's damage in West Papua is "serious"
25-01-2006 Amien Critizes Freeport for Environmental Destruction
13-01-2006 THE FAILURE OF INDONESIA'S MINING INDUSTRY
06-01-2006 Freeport not licensed to dispose of tailings
06-01-2006 Freeport not licensed to dispose of tailings
03-01-2006 Freeport denies pollution reports, vows to comply with government rules
29-12-2005 Indonesian military admits accepting cash from Freeport-McMoRan
29-12-2005 Mountain of gold leaves a river of waste
28-12-2005 Freeport-Rio Tinto: Gold's other price
28-12-2005 Freeport-Rio Tinto: Gold's other price
29-11-2005 Masters Mind
29-11-2005 Masters Mind
29-11-2005 Masters Mind
22-10-2005 Buried Treasure
22-10-2005 The Lorentz National Park In West Papua Under New Threat
22-10-2005 The Lorentz National Park in West Papua under new threat
19-10-2005 Reply from Emma Delaney,
14-10-2005 Major disaster kills workers at Lihir mine
14-10-2005 Major disaster kills workers at Lihir mine
14-10-2005 After the Lihir landslide
11-10-2005 Landslide In Lihir: Setback Or Symptomatic?
23-09-2005 Written in Stone - Freeport-McMoRan in Indonesia
30-07-2005 Letter to BP on the Tangguh project in West Papua
30-07-2005 Reply from Emma Delaney,
30-07-2005 Letter from Revd Socratez Sofyan Yoman to Lord Browne, Group Chief Executive BP p.l.c. (Bahasa versi
30-07-2005 After a silence of two and a half months, BP has replied (or rather not replied) to a passionate let
27-05-2005 London Calling - May 29 2005
23-02-2005 Mines Dig Deep To Leave A Decent Legacy
23-02-2005 The world's top three mining companies have just registered record gains
17-02-2005 New Facts Link Indonesian Military to "Terror Attack" on U.S. Citizens
10-01-2005 Rights Groups Slam BP's Tangguh Project
10-01-2005 Rights Groups Slam BP's Tangguh Project
08-12-2004 The following letter was sent to Lord Browne of BP, and copied to Senator George Mitchell of TIAP,
08-12-2004 BP's Human Rights Commitment and Practices in West Papua Slammed in World-wide Protest
10-10-2004 London Calling! October 10 2004
10-10-2004 London Calling - October 10 2004
15-08-2004 Letter No. 3.
15-08-2004 Letter no. 2
15-08-2004 Green Corporate Partnerships? An exchange from the Ecologist
15-08-2004 Letter no.1
15-08-2004 Green Corporate Partnerships?
15-08-2004 Letter No 8.
15-08-2004 Letter No. 7.
15-08-2004 Letter No. 6.
15-08-2004 Letter No 5.
15-08-2004 Letter No. 4.
25-05-2004 London Calling - May 25 2004
25-05-2004 London Calling! May 25 2004
18-05-2004 Indonesian NGOs to Bring Government Decree on mining to Constitutional Review Court
29-04-2004 Rio Tinto protest: 'Human rights, not mining sites'
15-03-2004 Indonesian Government Decree Doesn't Alter Ban on Open-Cut Mining in Protected Forests
12-03-2004 Government allows mining firms back into protected areas as investment lure
04-03-2004 Troops to Stay at Freeport's Papua Mine
04-03-2004 Despite evidence that the Indonesian army killed three teachers working for Freeport-Rio Tinto at th
04-03-2004 Troops to Stay at Freeport's Papua Mine
03-03-2004 Indonesian army ordered deadly ambush
03-03-2004 Behind the Freeport-Rio Tinto murders in 2000
03-03-2004 Behind the Freeport-Rio Tinto murders in 2000
01-03-2004 This linked article reports on Indonesian Government plans to maintain the militarization of foreign
19-02-2004 The following judgment was delivered on Comalco by the "Roger Award" panel selecting "
19-02-2004 Smelter closure 'won't end power shortages'
19-02-2004 Comalco defends power subsidy, while citizens protest
19-02-2004 Comalco defends power subsidy, while citizens protest
07-02-2004 Australian Government Looks away from Payments to Indonesian Forces
26-01-2004 December Landslide Forces Freeport-McMoRan Unit To Scale Back Production
17-01-2004 An industry dedicated to deception - presentation to World Social Forum
22-12-2003 Yet another pit fall at Grasberg mine, as global investor downgrades the company
22-12-2003 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Announces Conversions and Redemptions of its Step-Up Convert
22-12-2003 Freeport-McMoRan Down 5%; Prudential Equity Group Cites Indonesia Risks
22-12-2003 Yet another pit fall at Freeport-Rio Tinto mine, as global investor downgrades the company
18-12-2003 Freeport-McMoRan declares force majeure
10-12-2003 West Papua: Gag Island under threat
09-12-2003 Government Mulls Freeport Resumption
09-12-2003 Government Mulls Freeport Resumption / FBI Freeport probe
07-12-2003 FBI Resumes Freeport Probe
07-12-2003 London Calling - December 7 2003
07-12-2003 London Calling! December 7 2003
04-12-2003 Yosepha Alomang: "PT Freeport must be shutdown immediately"
30-11-2003 London Calling - November 30 2003
30-11-2003 London Calling! November 30 2003
26-11-2003 Freeport-McMoRan resumes Grasberg operations after deaths
17-11-2003 Searchers find one more body at Grasberg
11-11-2003 Freeport revises third quarter figure
10-11-2003 While Freeport-Rio Tinto continues to claim the October 9th disaster at Grasberg was a "natural
06-11-2003 The man who pioneered the huge - and disastrous - expansion at the Freeport-Rio Tinto Grasberg mine
04-11-2003 Further information on the landslide at Freeport's Grasberg Mine
01-11-2003 Corporate Killings at Indonesian Mine? Freeport-Rio Tinto knew that October 9th Pit Wall Collapse wa
01-11-2003 Corporate Killings at Freeport's Indonesian Mine?
01-11-2003 Fatal error left miners at mercy of landslide
31-10-2003 Freeport-Rio Tinto Exposed!
18-10-2003 Freeport mine's business as usual after landslip deaths
15-10-2003 Government seeks to extend Freeport mine closure
11-10-2003 Major Disaster Strikes Freeport-Rio Tinto Indonesian Mine
11-10-2003 WALHI Demands a Halt to Freeport Mine Operations
11-10-2003 Major Disaster Strikes Freeport-Rio Tinto Indonesian Mine
10-10-2003 Indonesia's Freeport mine will shut for 2 weeks
10-10-2003 Freeport-part of Indonesia landslide mine is open
10-10-2003 Background:
09-10-2003 Freeport-McMoRan Indonesia landslide kills two
28-06-2003 Book Review - The Politics of Power: Freeport in Soeharto's Indonesia
11-06-2003 Freeport-Rio Tinto: between the devil and the deep blue sea
11-06-2003 Minister: Freeport to improve tailings management or face legal action
11-06-2003 Freeport-Rio Tinto: between the devil and the deep blue sea
14-05-2003 Freeport-McMoRan receives subpoena in price-fixing probe
14-05-2003 Last week several major copper concentrate producers based in London and the US were raided by Europ
14-05-2003 Freeport-McMoRan receives subpoena in price-fixing probe
28-04-2003 Extractive Industries Is Not The Answer For Decent And Sustainable Livelihood
25-03-2003 Walhi splits with USAID
25-03-2003 Walhi splits with USAID
24-03-2003 Text of the Walhi Statement
19-03-2003 Freeport-Rio Tinto Joint Statement on payments to the Indonesian military
17-03-2003 Unchecked thuggery could lead to organized crime'
17-03-2003 Unchecked thuggery could lead to organized crime'
17-03-2003 Indonesian military nothing more than mercenaries
16-03-2003 Freeport confirms allowances for military, police in Papua
15-03-2003 West Papua mine paid $18.5m to military
14-03-2003 nbsp;
13-03-2003 Freeport paid Indonesian military US$5.6m in 'protection money'
13-03-2003 Freeport paid Indonesian military US$5.6m in 'protection money'
02-03-2003 London Calling - March 2 2003
02-03-2003 London Calling! March 2 2003
27-02-2003 The exile who fights for the rights of all Papuans
26-02-2003 Major Drilling Unit/Pact at Grasberg Mine
17-02-2003 Murder at the Freeport Mine
14-02-2003 Freeport McMoran pushed to improve human-rights policy
22-10-2002 References & further reading
22-10-2002 The denial of traditional land rights in West Papua
22-10-2002 Chris Ballard is a researcher at The Australian National University's Research School of Pacific and
22-10-2002 The denial of traditional land rights in West Papua
21-10-2002 ELSHAM
21-10-2002 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS
21-10-2002 What's Wrong with Freeport's Security Policy
21-10-2002 What's Wrong with Freeport's Security Policy?
26-09-2002 West Papua: after the mine site killings, the accusations fly and the intimidation mounts
26-09-2002 West Papua: mine site killings, the accusations and the intimidation
26-09-2002 quot;Indonesian army is promoting violence"
26-09-2002 Revengeful Indonesia military accuse ELSHAM of being 'extension' of PDP
26-09-2002 Statement by TAPOL, Indonesian Human Rights organisation (UK), September 26 2002
15-06-2002 III. Freeport's Questionable Security Policy
15-03-2002 BHP Pursues Nickel Mining in Gag Island Protected Forest Area
15-03-2002 KEREBOK is the indigenous Dayak's term for gold pawning. KEREBOK is a monthly on-line bulletin publi
15-03-2002 KEREBOK, Volume 3 Number 20 March 2002
15-12-2001 Gag Island Nickel Project
15-09-2001 Should US Resume Military Ties with Indonesia?
15-09-2001 ELSHAM NEWS SERVICE provides regular reports and information on social and political development an
15-09-2001 Should US Resume Military Ties with Indonesia? Reflections from a Papuan Perspective
03-05-2001 West Papua Freedom leaders reject Freeport's blandishments
03-05-2001 The Wall Street Journal - May 3, 2001
03-05-2001 West Papua Freedom leaders reject Freeport's blandishments - May 3 2001
01-05-2001 On mining companies and colonialism
01-05-2001 The Case Against Freeport McMoran in West Papua
01-05-2001 The following is an interesting, and rare, exchange between what is probably the world's major Marxi
01-05-2001 Footnotes
01-05-2001 Remarks by John Rumbiak on security & West Papua
01-05-2001 V. CONCLUSION
01-05-2001 Extractive Industries is not the Answer for Decent and Sustainable Livelihood
01-05-2001 Background
01-05-2001 IV. Vested Interests
01-05-2001 Press Release: The Tribunal Accuses Freeport McMoran Rio Tinto et al
01-05-2001 Outline Case for the Prosecution Against Freeport McMoran
01-05-2001 'Globalization, Rights and Poverty' - speech by John Rumbiak
01-05-2001 II. The Shootings at Mile 62-63
01-05-2001 Freeport: On mining companies and colonialism
01-05-2001 Indonesia's Minerals Generate Wealth, Discord
01-05-2001 nbsp;
01-05-2001 The Case against Freeport McMoran in West Papua - Documents to use in evidence
23-04-2001 Mining a Sacred Land - Freeport in West Papua
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