Phulbari Resistance
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Communities resisting open pit coal mine in Phulbari, Bangladesh!

Asia Energy Corporation (Bangladesh) Pty Ltd, a hundred percent owned subsidiary of GCM Resources Plc, UK based dubious company (read share market scam), is proposing the project.

The Phulbari Coal Project is scheduled to receive Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan (US $100 million) and political risk insurance (US $200 million) in March 2008 (ADB has since pulled out of the project and suspended their dialogue with GCM/AEC).... (read more)
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Phulbari Resistance
Category:
Common Interest - Politics
Description:
Communities resisting open pit coal mine in Phulbari, Bangladesh!

Asia Energy Corporation (Bangladesh) Pty Ltd, a hundred percent owned subsidiary of GCM Resources Plc, UK based dubious company (read share market scam), is proposing the project.

The Phulbari Coal Project is scheduled to receive Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan (US $100 million) and political risk insurance (US $200 million) in March 2008 (ADB has since pulled out of the project and suspended their dialogue with GCM/AEC).... (read more)
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Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Open Letter: We Condemn International Oil Companies in Bangladesh and State Violence against Bangladeshi Activists

http://phulbariresistance.blogspot.com/2009/09/open-letter-we-condemn-international.html

People are now conscious of their ownership of natural resources. Anu Muhammad tells Shahidul Alam in an exclusive interview. Transcribed and translated by Rahnuma Ahmed.

IMMEDIATELY after Professor Anu Muhammad, member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, was taken to Square Hospital, injured in police action on the committee’s protest march in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon, eminent photographer Shahidul Alam interviewed him on camera. Read excerpts.

http://phulbariresistance.blogspot.com/2009/09/people-are-now-conscious-of-their.html

Watch the interview online (in bangla):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGSdI3WNSM

PROTEST AGAINST OFFSHORE BLOCK DEAL: 50 injured as police charge into demo

http://phulbariresistance.blogspot.com/2009/09/protest-against-offshore-block-deal-50.html

Bangladesh's untapped coal potential by Mark Muller with Roger Moody

http://phulbariresistance.blogspot.com/2009/06/bangladeshs-untapped-coal-potential.html

Govt report which terms Phulbari deal illegal goes missing

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/govt-report-which-terms-phulbari-deal-illegal-goes-missing/

Energy resources and security: what Bangladesh government needs to do

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/energy-resources-and-security-what-bangladesh-government-needs-to-do/

Phulbari people use ballot to say no to open-pit mining

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/phulbari-people-use-ballot-to-say-no-to-open-pit-mining/

UK government withdraws support for GCM's mining project in Bangladesh

http://www.wdm.org.uk/news/ukgovernmentwithdrawssupportforGCM19122008.htm

Campaigners demand UK coal company withdraw support for destructive Bangladeshi mine

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/campaigners-demand-uk-coal-company-withdraw-support-for-destructive-bangladeshi-mine/

Overwhelming thumbs-down given to UK mining project

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/bangladesh-overwhelming-thumbs-down-given-to-uk-mining-project/

Phulbari Coal Project: critique of environment plans sets off alarms

A report commissioned by Bank Information Center titled “Phulbari Coal: A Parlous Project” written by Roger Moody of Nostromo Research, UK makes the case that the integrated Phulbari coal mine, coal rail-river transport and coastal coal offloading project in Bangladesh is of such dimensions that it would prove highly challenging to implement in any country.

Download the report: http://www.bicusa.org/admin/Document.100695.aspx

Bangladesh unveils renewable energy policy

Download the draft policy: http://www.powerdivision.gov.bd/images/additional_images/Draft_REP_2008.pdf

GCM Resources Plc has posted accounts for the year ended 30 June 2008 to shareholders.

Download the report: http://www.gcmplc.com/pdf/Final_AR_101108.pdf

Royal Bank of Scotland sells its shares in Phulbari mine scheme

http://www.wdm.org.uk/news/RBSsellssharesinGCMltd08102008.htm

UBS replies to open letter to financial institutions investing in GCM Resources Plc and Phulbari Coal Project

Click to download the PDF file:

http://banglapraxis.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/2008_09_12_open-letter_phulbari_response.pdf

Reflections on Phulbari Coal Project

Why would the original licensee, BHP, abandon it…asks Nazrul Islam*, a former official of the mining company.

http://phulbariresistance.blogspot.com/2008/09/reflections-on-phulbari-coal-project.html

Phulbari Day in Photos: Remembering the August 26 Martyrs

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/phulbari-day-in-photos-remembering-the-august-26-martyrs/

Open letter to financial institutions investing in GCM Resources Plc Regarding the Phulbari Coal Project, Bangladesh

110 organizations from 31 countries have endorsed an open letter to the private investors of GCM Resources Plc declaring solidarity with community representatives in Bangladesh regarding investment in the Phulbari Coal Project. The letter was sent to UBS, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Fidelity Investments.

Click to read the letter:

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/open-letter-to-financial-institutions-investing-in-gcm-resources-plc-regarding-the-phulbari-coal-project-bangladesh/

‘You cannot eat coal’: resistance in Phulbari

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/‘you-cannot-eat-coal’-resistance-in-phulbari/

Draft coal policy for Mine Bangla: Proposal goes to cabinet today

http://phulbariresistance.blogspot.com/2008/08/draft-coal-policy-for-mine-bangla.html

ACTION: Letter Writing Appeal to Support the People of Phulbari, Bangladesh in opposing the Phulbari Coal Project

AID/WATCH launched the appeal to help the people of Phulbari by writing to Australia's Governor to the ADB, Treasurer Wayne Swan to ask him to show leadership by opposing this project within the Asian Development Bank.

Click here to take action:

http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01148&display_item=2

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) has just published its annual review of the world mining industry. It's packed with information on 2007 and the years of the mining boom.

Download it freely at:

www.pwc.com/extweb/pwcpublications.nsf/docid/4E436FE3366918688525746B005C8D9E/$File/Mine_2008_v7_Final.pdf.

Barclays sells shares in Global Coal Management

http://www.wdm.org.uk/news/barclayssellssharesinglobalcoalmanagement07072008.html

UK government lobbies for ‘disastrous’ mine scheme

http://www.wdm.org.uk/news/UKgovernmentlobbiesformine12052008.html

AidWatch briefing paper on Phulbari coal project.

Download: http://www.aidwatch.org.au/assets/aw01174/A4%20Phulbari%20PPP%20Final%20Web.pdf

Bangladesh mine - Barclays Bank

Activists from the World Development Movement attended Barclays' AGM to question the bank's involvement in the controversial Phulbari Mine project in Bangladesh.

Click to watch a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg6yveF4IBM

Press Release: Asian Development Bank Pulls Out of Controversial Coal Project in Bangladesh

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/press-release-asian-development-bank-pulls-out-of-controversial-phulbari-coal-project-in-bangladesh/

World Development Movement (WDM), UK campaigns against GCM Resources Plc. Click the link and send a letter to GCM:

http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaigns/others/bangladeshmine/index.htm

Asian Development Bank (ADB) reschedules board approval date for Phulbari Coal Project [Project number: 399933-01] on June 3, 2008.

http://www.adb.org/Documents/PIDs/39933014.asp#timetable

International civil society letter to ADB: discontinue support to Phulbari Coal Project!

Please click the link to read the letter:

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/international-civil-society-letter-to-asian-development-bank-adb-discontinue-of-support-to-phulbari-coal-project/

Documentary film: The Blood Soaked Banner of Phulbari. Watch online on YouTube!

Part # 1: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=PnpEJAZiwf0

Part # 2: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=MhdO9gmuAuk

Urgent appeal by World Organization against Torture (OMCT): Risk of Violent Suppression of Public Opposition to the Phulbari Coal Mine Project in Bangladesh

Click the link to read the appeal:

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/urgent-appeal-by-world-organization-against-torture-risk-of-violent-suppression-of-public-opposition-to-the-phulbari-coal-mine-project/

Local communities in Phulbari sent a letter to the President and Executive Directors of Asian Development Bank (ADB) asking them to reconsider ADB plan to finance Phulbari Coal Project.

Click the link to read the letter:

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/phulbari-communities-write-to-adb-president-and-executive-directors/

UBS, a financial heavyweight from Switzerland, is facing scrutiny by international civil society organisations for investing in proposed Phulbari open-pit coal mine in Bangladesh.

Read the press release:

UBS alerted over Phulbari Coal mine: Human rights concerns for Bangladesh mine investment

http://www.banktrack.org/index.php?show=news&id=138

Swiss based Berne Declaration and the BankTrack network recently wrote to UBS on behalf of local community representatives outlining the grave environmental, social and human rights problems associated with the project.

Read and download the letter:

http://www.banktrack.org/doc/File/banks%20and%20human%20rights/members%20on%20human%20rights/UBS%20letter%20Phulbari.pdf

Who owns Asia Energy Corporations (Bangladesh) Pty Ltd? Major shareholders of GCM Resources Plc

http://www.gcmplc.com/investor_relations/share_capital.php

FYI: GCM has done it again! They changed their name! Now they call themselves GCM Resources Plc. Read their announcement:

http://www.gcmplc.com/announcements/2007Q4/071212.php

Notice of GCM Resources Plc annual share holder meeting 2007:

http://www.gcmplc.com/presentations/Notice_of_2007_AGM.pdf

GCM Resources Plc web page on Phulbari Coal Project:

http://www.gcmplc.com/our_business/bangladesh/asia_energy.php

Grassroot people stand firm against Asia Energy and Open pit mining

http://www.meghbarta.org/nws/nw_main_p01b.php?issueId=6&sectionId=19&articleId=527

Asia Energy: Hands off Phulbari

http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2007/11/24/ae-hands-off-phulbari/

GCM Resources Plc is engaged in media propaganda in Bangladesh in favour of open pit coal mining.

FYI: GCM (Asia Energy) has just released their Annual Report-Accounts 2007. Click the link bellow to download:

http://www.gcmplc.com/presentations/GCM_Annual_Report2007.pdf

Asian Development Bank (ADB) scheduled to approve $100 million loan and $200 million political risk guarantee to GCM in March 2007. Check the link:

http://www.adb.org/Documents/PIDs/39933014.asp

GCM Resources Plc web page on their investment in Bangladesh:

http://www.gcmplc.com/our_business/bangladesh/asia_energy.php

Ban on open-pit coal mining demanded:

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/ban-on-open-pit-coal-mining-demanded/

The Coal Debate in Bangladesh:

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/the-coal-debate-in-bangladesh/

Listen to Panos Radio report on community resistance to Phulbari Coal Project

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/panos-radio-podcasts-report-on-phulbari-resistance/

View a photo essay: Profit vs the Poor

http://shahidul.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/151/

Asian Development Bank (ADB) rejected an open discussion on Phulbari Coal Project, read a press release:

http://www.jacses.org/en/sdap/agm/press-release070503en.pdf

Phulbari is ADB's project of mass destruction:

http://phulbariresistance.blogspot.com/2007/09/projects-of-mass-destruction-pmd-and.html

ADB should not fund Phulbari Coal Project:

http://www.jacses.org/en/sdap/phulbari/pp-phulbari.pdf

Watch a video of a protest rally against ADB in Kyoto, May 2007:

http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/video-protest-against-adb-may-2007-kyoto-japan/

Phulbari, Asia Energy and Grassroots Revolt:

http://phulbariresistance.blogspot.com/2007/09/phulbari-asia-energy-and-grassroots.html

Killings in Phulbari Ignite Unstoppable Protest: Local Communities Stand Strong against Open Cut Mining:

http://www.sehd.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=40