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21-05-2013 Many countries badly mismanage oil, mining resources
07-05-2013 Burma: more strife around Letpadaung copper mine
22-04-2013 Burma Lawyers' report on Letpadaung released
09-04-2013 Burma's copper cauldron continues to boil
01-04-2013 Burma: Protests against Letpadaung copper project resume
25-03-2013 Burma: the "Win and the Wang" of the Letpadaung copper conflict
19-03-2013 Burma: Suu Kyi tells communities to halt copper mining protests
19-02-2013 Burmese government rejects independent report on copper protests
04-02-2013 Continued controversy around Burmese mining
07-01-2013 Burma: More arrests as the old regime betrays its democratic mandate
17-12-2012 Burma: Further arrests, as mining protests continue
11-12-2012 Aung San Suu Kyi commission to "study" Letpadaung copper crisis
11-12-2012 London Calling issues a Public Health Warning
04-12-2012 Burmese forces viciously assault mining protestors
25-11-2012 Burmese land theft leaves people and tigers "bereft"
05-11-2012 Burmese mining protests escalate - and so do land grabs
23-10-2012 Burmese villagers win hearing against copper mine
16-10-2012 Burmese farmers ratchet-up struggle against copper mining
08-10-2012 Burmese student leader puts "cronies" on notice over Monywa mine
24-09-2012 Burmese Daze
18-09-2012 Proposing Benchmarks for Corporations in Burma
18-09-2012 Burmese villagers continue protests against copper mining
12-09-2012 Burma police storm villagers protesting against mine
28-08-2012 Burma copper mine land-grab protests increase
21-08-2012 The state of Burma's mining
01-08-2012 Burmese regime allegedly persecuting Muslim minorities
22-05-2012 Burmese women suffer, as companies grab "white gold"
20-03-2012 Wikileaks reveal true nature of Ivanhoe-Rio Tinto's Burmese deal
27-12-2011 South Asia's most ambitious industrial project raises many fears
31-10-2011 Having "cancelled" a dam, Burma's despots clear way (literally) for gold mining
08-08-2011 Outrage at Ivanhoe-Rio Tinto's dirty Burma deal
01-08-2011 New Burma coal project threatens thousands of people
04-07-2011 Further Dirty Mining Deals alleged in Burma
28-03-2011 Canadian companies are ignoring human rights issues overseas
31-01-2011 Burma's biggest open-cast coal mine 'poisoning rivers'
30-08-2010 Cooking up an Asian coal storm
08-08-2010 China's largest stainless steel maker invests in Myanmar nickel mine
02-08-2010 Canada government urged not to support Ivanhoe in Burma
04-07-2010 The road for Rio leads through some distinctly murky waters
23-02-2010 London Calling deplores the gilding of Tata's tarnished image
26-01-2010 Burma: Gold mining precedes Irrawaddy dam destruction
26-01-2010 Burmese regime is "privatising to retain control of resources"
22-12-2009 CARRYING CARBON TO COPENHAGEN:Southeast Asia
22-12-2009 Burmese military junta thrives on cycle of corruption
30-11-2009 Orchards being converted to Chinese gold mines
09-11-2009 Burma's junta gets richer as villagers become poorer
25-08-2009 Burma: Asian "investors" baulk sanctions at will
20-07-2009 Friedland gains, as Rio Tinto is shamed
16-07-2009 London Calling investigates some capital "land grab" connections
07-07-2009 Burma iron mine could destroy 7,000 Shan homes
11-05-2009 Top Canadian ex-diplomats to work for censured mining company
11-05-2009 Burmese PM in fresh land scam for gold mining in Kachin State
27-04-2009 Burmese junta destroys ecology of Kachin State: Environmentalists
20-04-2009 India and Tata to build Nano factory in Burma
14-04-2009 Ivanhoe's jailed Burmese driver feared dead, Ombusdman investigation doubtful
06-04-2009 Tata says hallo to Burma
06-04-2009 China picks Molybdenum from hydropower projects in Burma
23-02-2009 US sanctions taking toll on Burmese gems industry
02-02-2009 Ivanhoe's Burma subsidiary added to US sanctions list while Rio Tinto remains in the "shame" frame
26-01-2009 Canadian mining's notorious reputation in the Philippines not recognised back home
13-01-2009 Chinese links to Burma's disastrous mining
30-12-2008 Thai and Russian companies make new grabs in Burma
21-10-2008 US ban on Burma gems needs tightening
07-10-2008 Burma's mining is "built on suffering"
25-08-2008 Billion dollar nickel mine in Burma to go ahead
11-08-2008 Jaded appetites bring death while Thai NGOs demand Olympic-focussed
04-08-2008 China moves on Burma and rescues foundering Kenya project
22-12-2007 Extraction to Destruction? Chinese policy and practise in mining & metals
20-12-2007 US Senate passes act forbidding import of Myanmar's gems, timber
12-12-2007 US closes loopholes in sanctions
27-11-2007 Rubies in the dust: can a Burma boycott work?
16-11-2007 Burma's junta opens bloody auction
15-09-2007 Cnmc's Nickel Mine Project Still Awaiting Burmese Government Approval
24-08-2007 China update
29-06-2007 China Nonferrous Metal Group starts nickel project in Burma
29-06-2007 Burma update
29-06-2007 Burma update
29-06-2007 Comment by Eric Snider:
15-06-2007 China update
15-06-2007 Update On Chinese Minerals Companies Abroad: Peru, Kenya, Burma, Us, India
13-06-2007 China: A Thousand Children Sold To ‘dark Kilns’ In
09-06-2007 Chinese Delegation Walks Out Of Human Rights Dialogue Meeting With The European Union
06-06-2007 Forced & Child Labour In Shanxi Brickworks
28-05-2007 China Update
28-05-2007 China Update
09-05-2007 Chinese Banks Still Have A Long Way To Go On Environment
20-04-2007 CNMC signs $150 mln worth of copper contracts in Africa
20-04-2007 China update
20-04-2007 China Update
20-04-2007 The real face of the Tatas: a Tata rap sheet
19-04-2007 Buildings Are China's Energy "Black Holes"
17-04-2007 Zijin Mining Expands Overseas Mines
15-04-2007 Hunan Nonferrous to expand mineral resource development - president
02-04-2007 Ivanhoe's Burma assets on sale, leaving behind environmental mess
02-04-2007 Friedland and Rio Tinto: washing their hands of Burma, while the dirt still clings
02-04-2007 Friedland and Rio Tinto: washing their hands of Burma, while the dirt still clings
27-03-2007 Imported Pollution Adds to China’s Environmental Woes
09-03-2007 South Asia Update
09-03-2007 South Asia Update
07-03-2007 Burma - Thai Army Wants Answers Over Death Of Mine Owner
01-03-2007 South Asia Update
01-03-2007 South Asia Update
01-03-2007
01-03-2007 Turning Treasure Into Tears
26-02-2007 India's Booming Economy Brings Toxic Hi-tech Waste
20-02-2007 New Report Details The Strategic Business Of Human And Environmental Rights Violations In Burma
19-01-2007 Zijin Mining to develop nickel mine in Burma
19-01-2007 Slaying outrages China: Thugs allegedly killed reporter over story
16-01-2007 INTERVIEW - EU Says Cannot Meet Emissions Goal Without China
10-01-2007 Gold in the lair of the tiger: Big cats vs big profits
10-01-2007 Burma Update
10-01-2007 Burma Update
29-12-2006 China to increase mineral prospecting - official
06-12-2006 Burma Update
06-12-2006 S. Korean Companies "Exported Arms Technology to Burma"
06-12-2006 Burma Update
05-12-2006 Myanmar to further develop finished gem industry
05-11-2006 Rio Tinto in the Ascendant
28-10-2006 London Calling on Rio Tinto's latest fall from grace
26-10-2006 Regime Seals Off Kachin Gold-mining Areas
26-10-2006 Burma Update
26-10-2006 Burma update
20-10-2006 South Asia Update
20-10-2006 Myanmar encourages private sector to mine gold
20-10-2006 South Asia Update
13-10-2006 South Asia Update
13-10-2006 International System To Block Sales Of Conflict Diamonds
11-10-2006 Sanctuary Under Threat
11-10-2006 Gemstone Cowboys
14-09-2006 Tilting at Friedland
14-09-2006 Tilting at Friedland
23-08-2006 Burma Update
23-08-2006 Burma Update
20-08-2006 Burma Mining Update
15-08-2006 Robert Friedland
01-07-2006 Burma Update
27-06-2006 "Extractive industry has worst environmental impacts" say NGOs to UN
24-06-2006 Sources: Indian Firm Accused Of Misusing Armenia's Gold Reserves: Www.armenialiberty.org/armeniarepo
24-06-2006 London Calling dissects a distinctly dodgy deal
02-06-2006 Burma Update: antimony mine ruse
02-06-2006 Burma Update: antimony mine ruse
01-06-2006 Attempts on to operate tin and antimony factory outside township
25-05-2006 China Update
25-05-2006 Ivanhoe to lay down its copper sword?
25-05-2006 China Update
25-05-2006 Ivanhoe Mining Plans To Get Out Of Burma
25-05-2006 Shanxi mine managers detained after 57 feared trapped in flooded mine
25-05-2006 Ivanhoe To Lay Down Its Copper Sword?
19-05-2006 Ivanhoe Mines To Leave Myanmar
12-04-2006 Comment from Eric Snider:
12-04-2006 Korean Firms to Develop Myanmar Copper
12-04-2006 Ivanhoe update
12-04-2006 Ivanhoe Update
06-04-2006 Investors Await Mongolia's New Tax, Mining Rules
06-04-2006 Sanctions affect Ivanhoe's Myanmar operation
05-04-2006 Ivanhoe CEO exercised options for $10.9-million
04-04-2006 Ivanhoe Operations Shut Down in Burma
03-04-2006 Ivanhoe Facing Tough Times in Myanmar
11-03-2006 Burma Update
06-03-2006 Gold mining in the tiger reserve of the 22,000 sq km Hukawng valley national park is expected to ta
06-03-2006 Burma Update
06-03-2006 Burma Update
04-03-2006 Newmont profits from Uzbekistan while state murder, torture and impoverishment prevail
04-03-2006 Newmont profits from Uzbekistan while state murder, torture and impoverishment prevail
20-02-2006 Will Dundee get scotched?
20-02-2006 Will Dundee get scotched?
20-02-2006 Bulgaria's Cabinet sitting on a gold mine
17-02-2006 UZBEKISTAN'S INDUSTRIAL POWERHOUSE FALLS ON HARD TIMES
13-02-2006 More problems for the small metal mining companies, this time the focus is on the tin/tungsten miner
25-01-2006 Antimony production plant shut down after local community protest
25-01-2006 Another SE Asian poisoned village
25-01-2006 Another SE Asian poisoned village
19-01-2006 China Update
19-01-2006 China update
17-11-2005 Museums Showcase Burma's Erased History
15-11-2005 Revealed: the abuse of seafarers who help turn our lights on
15-11-2005 Hidden Dangers of Coal
15-11-2005 Hidden Dangers of Coal
24-10-2005 Friedland's power play in Burma - more prospective backing for a hated regime
24-10-2005 Ivanhoe mis-quoted?
24-10-2005 Demand for Galena Mounts from China
24-10-2005 IVANHOE LOOKING TO YEYWA PROJECT FOR POWER SUPPLY
18-10-2005 London Calling - October 18 2005
18-10-2005 London Calling! October 18 2005
16-10-2005 Financier's saga of risk promises Gobi riches
15-10-2005 Tarnished Metal: The human cost of mining for riches in Kachin State
15-10-2005 Gold Diggers: Big companies push small prospectors aside in hunt for Burma’s riches
15-10-2005 Tarnished Metal: The human cost of mining for riches in Kachin State
14-10-2005 Kachin Environmental Report Banned
25-08-2005 Chinese Buyers Boost Demand For Rubellite
12-08-2005 China, Myanmar Sign Mineral Exploration Agreement
12-08-2005 Burma Roads
12-08-2005 Gems And Tin
12-08-2005 Burma Roads - updates on mining in Burma
12-08-2005 The Search For Investors For The Mwetaung Nickel Deposits
13-07-2005 Ascienden a 83 las víctimas mortales en accidente minero en China
13-07-2005 China mine death toll rises to 83
13-07-2005 The price miners continue to pay - in Zambia, China and Burma
13-07-2005 The price miners continue to pay - in Zambia, China and Burma
12-07-2005 Eight Die as Gem Mine Collapses
10-05-2005 Amnesty International Holds Ivanhoe Mines Accountable
24-03-2005 Robert Friedland Expanding in Burma
24-03-2005 Robert Friedland Expanding in Burma
08-03-2005 Tiffany Says No to Burma's "Blood Gems"
08-03-2005 Tiffany Says No to Burma's "Blood Gems"
02-03-2005 STARM Raises The Alarm on Entry of Foreign Partner Into Lepanto Mines
02-03-2005 Starm Raises The Alarm On Entry Of Foreign Partner Into Lepanto Mines
16-02-2005 Tiffany Resumes Buying Gems Mined in Myanmar
15-01-2005 1] Lepanto A Shares Are Limited To Local Investors While Lepanto B Shares May Be Bought By Foreign
05-01-2005 Friedland invests in Philippines
27-12-2004 Friedland joins the chorus of mining hype in the Philippines
27-12-2004 As Robert Friedland, commonly known in world mining communities as "Toxic Bob" throug
27-12-2004 Friedland joins the chorus of mining hype in the Philippines
15-10-2004 From the Ivanhoe Annual Report:
15-09-2004 Unocal Must Face Abuse Suit
08-09-2004 Is South African Black Empowerment a Mining Myth?
08-09-2004 Is South African Black Empowerment A Mining Myth?
19-08-2004 We would like to publish this letter in full from Ivanhoe without further comment as it really spe
11-08-2004 Gems and HIV/AIDS
26-07-2004 Agreement on joint exploration of copper and other minerals signed
23-07-2004 Mainland miner gets Myanmar approval
23-07-2004 China's apparently unquenchable thirst for minerals is taking it into Burma
25-05-2004 World Bank's IFC to Back China's Clean Coal Plants
17-05-2004 Red Rubies, Black Economy
17-05-2004 Red Rubies, Black Economy in Burma
27-04-2004 Helping Bush 'Bushwhack' Justice - holding corporations to account
23-03-2004 Drilling Starts in Myanmar
23-03-2004 In the past two years international opprobrium of Burma's military regime appeared first to increase
23-03-2004 Drilling Starts in Myanmar
22-03-2004 For All the TNCs in China - A London Calling special - March 22 2004
22-03-2004 For All the TNCs in China
25-02-2004 "New gem bonanza" in Burma jilted by specialists
30-01-2004 The Diverging Worlds of Human Rights and the Environment
10-01-2004 Vedanta - the panto! A London Calling special - January 10 2004
10-01-2004 A London Calling Special - January 10 2004
10-12-2003 The Set Ga Done Concession agreement was approved on December 10, 2003 by the government of the Unio
08-12-2003 Gem cutting facilities lacking
01-12-2003 Sources: Launch of Vedanta IPO: Financial Times (FT) 5/12/2003; Hedge funds buying Vedanta: FT 6-7
30-11-2003 London Calling! November 30 2003
30-11-2003 London Calling - November 30 2003
18-11-2003 Paddy fields inundated without notice
18-11-2003 This article, although short indicates a particularly perverse action - even for the SLORC: diverti
18-11-2003 Paddy fields inundated without notice in Burma
14-11-2003 Note: Myanmar mine export statistics usually combine income from natural gas exports
14-11-2003 Burma regime's mine products lead in export
14-11-2003 This is a short news piece but speaks a volume: while during the late 1990s the importance of mining
11-11-2003 The Promoter - Robert Friedland in Forbes
15-10-2003 Investing in Destruction: The impact of development projects and economic policies in Burma
15-10-2003 Ivesting in Destruction: The impact of development projects and economic policies in Burma
15-09-2003 The Bulls in China
15-09-2003 The Bulls in China
10-09-2003 Local Burmese condemn military takeover of ruby mine
07-08-2003 London Calling - August 7 2003
07-07-2003 World's deadliest coal mines power China's progress
25-06-2003 Ottawa to Lean on Ivanhoe
15-06-2003 149; For further information on companies that invest in Burma please visit www.icftu.org
12-06-2003 CLC and ICEM Call on Ivanhoe Mines to Withdraw from Burma
05-06-2003 Call for Ban on Canadian Investments in Burma
31-03-2003 Set Ga Done Property, Union of Myanmar
19-02-2003 London Calling - February 19 2003
19-02-2003 London Calling! February 19 2003
02-02-2003 London Calling - February 2 2003
02-02-2003 London Calling! February 2 2003
05-01-2003 Myanmar's river dolphins declining, face becoming endangered: report
01-01-2003 Gold Mining Risks to People - and Dolphins - in Burma
01-01-2003 Myanmar's river dolphins declining, face becoming endangered
19-09-2002 Unocal Can Be Held Liable For Human Rights Crimes in Burma, Says Appeals Court
19-09-2002 Unocal Can Be Held Liable For Human Rights Crimes in Burma, Says Appeals Court
19-09-2002 U.S. Ruling Says Firms Liable for Abuse Abroad
18-09-2002 Excerpts from U.S. Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit Decision on John Doe et al v. Unocal corpo
18-08-2002 How State Department is protecting Exxon, Unocal and Rio
18-08-2002 Oily Diplomacy: How State Department is protecting Exxon, Unocal and Rio Tinto from peoples' claims
09-08-2002 Further comment from the Financial Times...
29-07-2002 Canada's Ivanhoe Mines seeks Japanese finance for Mynamar venture
29-07-2002 Monywa copper project in Myanmar seeks fresh finance
29-07-2002 Monywa copper project in Myanmar seeks fresh finance
15-06-2002 Myanmar: Ivanhoe Mines' operations must respect human rights
20-05-2002 Burma's Suu Kyi challenges West and urges Canada to curb investments
08-04-2002 Mr Friedland's promises have come to naught
15-03-2002 Ivanhoe Scores a Hit with Underwriting Deal
15-03-2002 Protest at Underwriting of Ivanhoe Mines Deal
15-03-2002 Protests against HSBC Securities loans to Ivanhoe should be directed at:
18-02-2002 Ivanhoe Mines steps into the crossfire
16-06-2001 Copper miner denies using forced labour in Myanmar : June 16, 2001
16-06-2001 Demonstration at AGM of Robert Friedland's Ivanhoe against support for Burma's misery
16-06-2001 Press Release: June 16, 2001
23-05-2001 Friedland's power play in Burma - more prospective backing for a hated regime
01-05-2001 British mine financier bids for Burma mining concession
01-05-2001 CONTENTS
01-05-2001 NB - Please note this is a slighlty different version than the one which was published in September
01-05-2001 Grave Diggers: A report on Mining in Burma
01-05-2001 News from the North American Regional Office of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mi
01-05-2001 Clb Director Han Dongfang's Commentary On The 18th Anniversary Of June 4.
01-05-2001 GRAVE DIGGERS
01-05-2001 Alarming mining-related news continues to filter out of one of the world's most beleaguered counties
01-05-2001 Heave-Ho Ivanhoe! Ivanhoe Mines Out of Burma!
01-05-2001 An initial planning meeting will be held on Wednesday June 6 at Mosaic, 1522 Commercial Drive.
01-05-2001 No knight in shining armour for Ivanhoe
01-05-2001 Two statements prior to the 2002 Ivanhoe Annual General Meeting on its position in Burma
01-05-2001 British mine financier bids for Burma mining concession
01-05-2001 No Copper for Blood: The need to stop Ivanhoe Mines
01-05-2001 No Copper for Blood: The need to stop Ivanhoe Mines
01-05-2001 Eric Snider comments: Colin Bird and his Lion Mining Finance and various associated subsidiaries sp
01-05-2001 Two statements prior to the Ivanhoe AGM on its position in Burma
01-05-2001 Only two foreign firms answer Burma's mining call
01-05-2001 Author's foreword
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