October 2012 protest against AngloGold Ashanti’s La Colosa project
In an open letter to AngloGold Ashanti shareholders timed to coincide with the company’s May 13 AGM in South Africa, an alliance of organizations in Colombia list …
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Colombian community organizations call on AngloGold Ashanti to keep out of Tolima
Colombia orders AngloGold Ashanti to stop illegal mining exploration activities
The environmental authority of Tolima has ordered multinational gold miner AngloGold Ashanti to stop its controversial activities in a central Colombia village, saying it broke rules on mining exploration and water use.
The company’s mining …
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South Africa’s militant mine union shows new focus
The bloody first round of South Africa’s mine union turf war is over and the clear winner on the platinum belt is the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).
From this position of strength, …
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Lawyers in talks to merge South African mine silicosis lawsuits
Lawyers acting on behalf of workers who contracted silicosis after working on mines in South Africa say they will merge damages lawsuits filed against former employers.
This article involves a case brought by lawyer Richard …
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AngloGold Ashanti sues small town in Colombia
The multinational gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, has taken legal action against a small town in central Colombia after its citizens allegedly prohibited the mining company’s employees’ freedom of movement.
The Colombian branch of the …
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DR Congo mining comes under scrutiny
The founder of Fair Jewellery Action claims that, “influenced by the corporates”, the OECD’s top-down guidelines for conflict free gold mining in DR Congo “seems to be adding to the already highly complex problem rather …
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Colombia halts mining multinationals in indigenous territory
A judge has suspended all activities by mining companies in nearly 50,000 hectares of indigenous lands in northwest Colombia, reported local media.
In an “unprecedented” ruling, all mining and exploration activities in 49,421 acres of …
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Indefinite strike declared against AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia
Around 350 inhabintants of Doima in the department of Tolima in Colombia declared an indefinite strike on 5 February and blocked a bridge giving London-listed AngloGold Ashanti access to the hamlet of Piedras.
Protesters reject …
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News from the South African Alternative Mining Indaba – protests from across Africa
Alternative Mining Indaba 2013
Civil society representatives gathered in a parallel event to South African’s Mining Indaba in Cape Town in early February. The official gathering styles itself as the “world’s largest mining investment conference.” …
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Silicosis suit could shut South Africa’s gold mines
Already buckling under huge operational costs and seemingly endless labour unrest, some 30 gold mine operators were last month slapped with litigation by thousands of their former employees. The plaintiffs — mostly black migrant labourer …
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Mining companies undermine local democracy in western Colombia: NGOs
Gold mining companies are undermining local democracy by giving money to the municipalities where they operate, said a local NGO in western Colombia on Sunday. “They are occupying the functions of the state that shouldn’t …
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