Greenpeace takes out ads saying investing in the mega-mine is "risky business" and calls into question the ability of India's GVK to pull off the project as the group "has never built a mine in Australia." State and federals officials call the campaign "deplorable and obnoxious." And that's just this week.
The 49-year-old boss of the world's largest mining company took home £9.8 million ($15.2 million) last year including bonuses, pension contributions and stock options.
The UK's Guardian newspaper conducted a far-ranging interview with Lisa Jackson, chief administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency since 2009, on energy, climate change and the battle in the media over the agency's work.
First Uranium's (TSE:FIU) plan to sell some of its South African assets was thrown into further disarray after Kumvest (Pty) Ltd. offered to buy First Uranium in order to block the sale.
What a whippy week it was. Volatility spiked and then subsided into the end of the week which meant it was a great day-trading environment but then that petered off as ranges tightened for markets and stocks into the end of the week.