Responsible Jewellery’s scope to include platinum
The London-based Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), a not-for-profit organization that certifies businesses within the diamond and gold jewelry supply chains, has expanded the scope of its certification system to include the platinum group metals. RJC, which includes 230 member companies, promotes responsible ethical, human rights, social and environmental practices throughout the jewelry industry from mine [...]
Tanzania faces industry opposition to its new mining law
After being criticised for failing to implement a mining bill that would bring greater benefit to the country, the Tanzanian government has now passed the law which increases both the royalty on minerals and ensures a government stake in future mining projects. The mining industry has been less than impressed. The Tanzania Chamber of Minerals [...]
CAFOD calls on mining giant AngloGold Ashanti to share its contract with local community
CAFOD welcomes the news that the review of mining company AngloGold Ashanti’s contract in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been concluded after almost three years of negotiations. The Catholic agency stresses the need for the publication of the contract and its amendments and calls on AngloGold Ashanti to share it immediately with [...]
Tanzanians more cursed than blessed
In this opinion piece the author asks whose interests drive the government and politicians in Tanzania and who is at the heart of policy development and formulation when mining corporations enjoy a better relationship with politicians than their electorates do? He argues that mining companies and government Ministers have missed an opportunity “to repair the [...]
Robbing Africans
An African faith coalition publishes a detailed examination of the ways in which citizens are defrauded of mining profits. The document refers particularly to AngloGold Ashanti, which has a subsidiary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and to Konkola Copper Mines, owned by Vedanta Resources. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9925.
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