Killings of smallscale miners in Colombia
FEDEAGROMISBOL is the Federacion de Agromineros del Sur de Bolivar (Federation of Smallscale Miners of the South of Bolivar) in Colombia. The Federation sees a link between the assassinations and the interest of AngloGold Ashanti (a South African company with a listing on the London Stock Exchange) in the area. The original Spanish text is [...]
Nineteen mining firms commit to poverty reduction – ICMM
Nineteen mining companies, one of them China-linked, have agreed to use their combined influence to reduce poverty and foster development. All members of the London-based International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), the 19 said at the Mining Indaba that they had also chosen to prioritise revenue management, regional development planning, local content, social investment [...]
Golden Opportunity or False Hope?
AngloGold Ashanti’s proposed gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo New report from CAFOD and South Africa’s Benchmarks Foundation AngloGold Ashanti is a South African company with a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange. See http://www.cafod.org.uk/content/download/106612/1178506/version/1/file/DRC_reportEN.pdf or http://www.bench-marks.org.za/research/DRC_reportEN.pdf.
AngloGold Ashanti says goodbye to Suárez, Colombia
London-listed AngloGold Ashanti (based in South Africa) has a large number of mineral concessions and exploration projects in Colombia. Its operations in the Department (province) of Valle del Cauca, in the south west of the country, have faced very strong, organised community resistance, mainly because of the threat posed to agriculture. In November, the company [...]
Ghana conference makes major demands for sustainability, human rights
In one of the largest and most comprehensive conferences of its kind held in Africa, 1,700 delegates from mining-affected Ghanaian communities have issued many urgent demands to their government. These would affect London-listed AngloGold Ashanti. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9554.
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