Bangladesh: Mining Company Renews Efforts

Bangladesh: Mining Company Renews Efforts   With the appointment of a new director, the London-based company GCM Resources is redoubling its efforts to install the Phulbari coal mine in Northern Bangladesh, despite calls by the UN for the project’s immediate halt.   The company released a statement in late April outlining a new strategy to “address the needs of the government and the people of Bangladesh” in what appears to be an effort to convince the government of Bangladesh and its...

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