THE long-awaited hearing in which 10 former Anglo miners with silicosis and silico-tuberculosis are seeking compensation began on Friday with an application to compel Anglo American to provide more details of its defence. The Legal …
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Sick miners ask Anglo American for details of defence
US watchdog warns Anglo American’s Alaska project could cause ecological damage
The proposed Pebble gold and copper mining project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region could inflict widespread ecological and environmental damage, according to a revised study by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The revised assessment …
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Rio Tinto anti-union bias confirmed at AGM
IndustriALL Global Union joined a diverse group of civil society activists, NGOs and community-based organizations in London to protest against Anglo American and Rio Tinto on the occasion of their Annual General Meetings on 18 …
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Pebble Mine Opposition Outlasts Anglo American and Rio Tinto CEOs
Last week in London, Joel Reynolds of US-based Natural Resources Defense Council attended the AGMs of both Rio Tinto and Anglo American, joining a delegation of Bristol Bay leaders, including Bobby Andrew, Yup’ik elder, life-long fisherman, and spokesperson …
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It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice: lessons from the Anglo American AGM
Read a report on Anglo American’s AGM on 19 April – including concerns raised by community representatives from Alaska, Colombia and South Africa, and the company’s responses.
Julio Gomez speaks outside Anglo American AGM – denounces displacements for mining in Colombia
Colombian community activist Julio Gomez, representing FECODEMIGUA, an alliance of communities displaced by the Cerrejon coal mine, attended the AGM of Anglo American yesterday. Watch a 3-minute video interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnjVAI-SBp8.…
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Anglo-American and the finance sector: exporting abuse
We need to be aware of the impact our government’s policies have well beyond our shores. Anglo-American, alongside BHP Billiton and Xstrata, owns Latin America’s biggest coal mine, the Cerrejón mine in Colombia. The mine …
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Stories of Resistance – community activists slam Rio Tinto, Anglo American
Watch video coverage of the event last Monday with community and worker representatives from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa, the USA and West Papua.
Community activists in London to denounce British companies’ abuses abroad
This week activists from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa and the USA are in London with a common purpose: to draw attention to abuses being perpetrated in their countries by Anglo American and Rio Tinto, two …
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Communities and mineworkers hit out at Rio Tinto, Anglo American
Communities from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa and the US will demonstrate in London this week against some of the world’s largest mining companies, which they say are devastating the health of people, widely polluting the …
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Anglo American workers dead after accident in Brazil
Brazil environmental watchdog charges Anglo American with a $10m fine over port accident
The environmental regulator in Brazil’s northern Amapa state (Imap) has fined Anglo American with a $10 million (20m Brazilian reais) fine over …
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“Get on your bike!” urges London Calling: lifting the lid on metal’s king of the road
An interview published in The Metals Report, 13 March 2013, is a “minefield” of speculation by two industry consultants on the future market for platinum group metals (PGMs).
But it’s more than that, raising fundamental …
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