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London Mining plc condemned in Sierra Leone
NB There is no connection between London Mining plc and London Mining Network!
National Advocacy Coalition on the Extractives (NACE), Sierra Leone
MEDIA RELEASE
Freetown, 4 March 2010
Dangerous draft mining contract about to be enacted, NACE warns
A mining agreement between the government and UK-based Company, London Mining, contains numerous concessions to the company which contravene the new Minerals [...]
Communities protest against British-based mining companies in South Africa
The press statement below mentions Richard Spoor. Richard Spoor is a human rights lawyer who has represented communities resisting encroachment on their land by mining companies. He is currently being sued for defamation by Anglo American plc subsidiary Anglo Platinum and by African Rainbow Minerals.
See http://londonminingnetwork.org/2010/02/anglo-platinum-hands-off-richard-spoor/.
Jubilee Mokopane, Limpopo
South Africa
Press Statement
18 February 2010
LIMPOPO COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATE [...]
Killings of smallscale miners in Colombia
FEDEAGROMISBOL is the Federacion de Agromineros del Sur de Bolivar (Federation of Smallscale Miners of the South of Bolivar) in Colombia. The Federation sees a link between the assassinations and the interest of AngloGold Ashanti (a South African company with a listing on the London Stock Exchange) in the area. The original Spanish text [...]
ANGLO PLATINUM: HANDS OFF RICHARD SPOOR!
Anglo Platinum is a subsidiary of London-based Anglo American
Jubilee South Africa PRESS ALERT, Date: 12/2/2010
COMMUNITY TO PICKET ON 15 FEB AT PRETORIA HIGH COURT!
ANGLO PLATINUM: HANDS OFF RICHARD SPOOR!
Community members from Limpopo will picket outside the Pretoria High Court on Monday, 15 Feb 2010. The community members have recently filed a legal case challenging Anglo [...]
Vedanta resources’ statement on Amnesty report is full of errors and omissions, says Amnesty
Amnesty International today (10 February) reacted to a statement from Vedanta Resources, which was distributed by a marketing agency in Delhi yesterday, regarding Amnesty’s 9 February report “Don’t Mine Us Out of Existence”. The statement does not address any of the substantive concerns raised by Amnesty International in its report. Vedanta Resources’ statement is also [...]
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