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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Who will own South Africa’s mines?
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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South African mineworkers wage war on economic injustices
Although several, pay-related, gold mine strikes have just ended in South Africa, this doesn’t by any means mark an end to struggles for elementary economic justice on the part of large numbers of workers. In …
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Colombia raises doubts on AngloGold’s La Colosa gold project
Doubts have been raised in Colombia about possible adverse environmental issues in relation to AngloGold Ashanti’s big La Colosa gold project
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page103118?oid=132411&sn=Detail&pid=92730.
Colombia’s comptroller warns about AngloGold project
The use of water resources for …
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UK Parliamentary Question on AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia
(Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 20 July 2011, c1057W))
William Bain (Glasgow North East, Labour): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to his counterpart in …
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Please get your MP to sign EDM 2076 on AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia
LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign is very concerned about the possibility of the largest open cast gold mine in South America being built at Cajamarca in Colombia.
If you live in the UK, please …
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La Colosa: the quest for El Dorado in Cajamarca, Colombia
New report from LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign
Gold prices have surged in recent years. As a result of the ‘investor friendly’ climate promoted by the Colombian government’s ‘democratic security’ policies, multinationals have been …
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Colombian court kills recently passed mining laws
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has struck down strict mining regulations passed last year, but said the regulations will remain in effect for two years to give Congress time to draft and approve a replacement bill. This …
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South African mining facing implied $100bn silicosis damage
The South African mining industry is facing “a very serious” threat from silicosis claims that could result in implied damage of $100-billion, says RBC Capital Markets equity research unit. RBC analyst Leon Esterhuizen and associate …
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Glimmer of justice for sick gold miners
A South African court judgment could enable hundreds of thousands of workers, and their families, to gain compensation for deadly silicosis contracted in the country’s gold mines. Alas, the verdict arrives too late for Thembekile …
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