Posts tagged "AngloGold Ashanti"

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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PICKET!! STOP LA COLOSA GOLD MINE

2pm on FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER at the Colombian Embassy at 3 Hans Crescent, London, SW1X 0LN. 

Nearest tube: Knightsbridge.

Organised by:

Colombia Solidarity Campaign

Movimiento 22

COLOMBIA, the second most BIODIVERSE country in the world, …
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Colombia to the Congo: Lust for Gold Threatens Environment & Human Rights

Nestled alongside the central range of the Andes lies the town of Cajamarca, Colombia, also known as la dispensa agricola de Colombia: literally Colombia’s agricultural larder. The fertile environs surrounding this settlement of twenty thousand …
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Human rights violations continue in Ghana’s mining sector

International humanitarian organization Oxfam America calls on Ghana’s government to address ongoing human rights violations in the West African nation’s mining industry.

The call to action comes after 23-year old Kwame Eric was shot to …
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Who will own South Africa’s mines?

Radical elements within South Africa’s ruling ANC have been campaigning for outright nationalisation of the country’s mines. In part-response,  Mines’ Minister Susan Shabangu, claims that securing a 26% “black ownership” (BEE) of the mining industry …
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Another shooting incident at AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine in Ghana

There has been another shooting incident at the AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine during which 23-year-old Kwame Eric of Binsere, near Obuasi, was shot by a detail of a private security organisation engaged by the Company. …
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Tanzania in talks with miners to raise gold export taxes

Tanzania’s government is in talks with mining companies to raise royalty payments on gold exports as well as negotiating other possible tax hikes. African Barrick Gold has four gold mines in Tanzania while Australia’s third largest …
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