AngloGold Ashanti, the world’s No. 3 gold producer, plans to invest $400-million in Colombia in the 2013-2015 period at its La Colosa deposit and other gold exploration projects, a company executive said on Friday. Some …
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AngloGold to invest $400m in Colombia 2013-15
Colombia’s resistance to corporate mining excess has lessons for the world
Voluntary guidelines are not enough. We must ensure our critical gaze on exploitative mining firms does not waver.
This article mentions smallscale mining in Colombia. One of the companies threatening small scale miners’ livelihoods is …
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Colombia: going for gold
Small-Scale Miners in Nariño Face Crackdown as Foreign Companies Set Sights on Colombia.
This article involves South African-based, London-listed AngloGold Ashanti.
In Ghana, a mining activist fights the gold goliaths
Whether on billboards along the roads or embroidered on shirt collars, mining companies – including London-listed AngloGold Ashanti – are ubiquitous in this jungle hub of Ghana’s Western Region. Their presence is sometimes lost behind …
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Colombia: NGOs, African-descent and Indigenous communities challenge AngloGold Ashanti
Local and international NGOs say black & indigenous communities did not consent to London-listed AngloGold Ashanti’s operations on their lands, raise concerns about respect for human rights amid ongoing conflict. Business and Human Rights Resource …
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AngloGold Ashanti increased CEO compensation by 24%
CEO Mark Cutifani’s compensation was raised 24% in 2011 as profit rose to a record, the Johannesburg-based, London-listed gold miner said in its annual report published on its website.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=148827&sn=Detail&pid=92730.…
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Mining: Growing backlash against groups who are ‘minting it’
The [gold] informal rush is indicative of a broader problem with the country’s mining sector – the sense that foreign companies have minted it from their concessions delivering few benefits either to the Ghanaian economy …
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Colombia’s mining boom overshadowed by human rights violations
A report by Peace Brigades International (PBI) declares that Colombia’s current mining boom is overshadowed by human rights violations and mass displacement of residents in mining areas. “80% of the human rights violations that have …
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Mining’s toxic sludge threatens Johannesburg
Thousands of people face evacuation from greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province – the economic heartland of South Africa – due to toxic sludge from abandoned gold mines laced with high radiation levels.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11315…
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Ghana to hike taxes on mining companies
Ghana will seek to boost revenues from its mining industry next year by hiking taxes, according to a text of the 2012 budget delivered to parliament recently. The corporate tax rate on miners will increase …
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Colombia mining projects delayed over environmental issues
Colombia’s foreign-led Angostura and La Colosa mining projects have been delayed due to environmental concerns. Angostura is owned by Eco Oro, formerly Greystar, a Canadian company listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). …
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Ghanaians demand justice from gold miners
A Ghanaian business magazine has revealed that the state holds no stake in any of five major gold mining enterprises operating in the country. Ghana’s Mine Workers Union is calling for a windfall tax to …
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