Cerrejon Coal joins Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI)
GBI has formally announced that the Initiative’s core group of members will be joined by Colombian mining company Cerrejon Coal, a joint venture of London-listed Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata.
GBI states that its aim is to advance human rights in business around the world. Core membership of the Initiative now includes: ABB, Cerrejon, Flextronics, [...]
Request for urgent action to support Colombian Indigenous leaders
Last October, Wayuu Indigenous leader Karmen Ramirez Boscan was in London as a guest of London Mining Network member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign. She came to Britain for the AGM of mining multinational BHP Billiton, which is one of the three multinational owners of the Cerrejon coal mine. The other two are Anglo American and [...]
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 [...]
Four Injured in Air Force Bombing in Northern Colombia: Indigenous Group Links Attack to Resistance to US Mining Company
An Indigenous group in Northern Colombia that suffered a bomb attack at the end of January is claiming that the bombing is linked to the interests of a US mining company, Muriel Mining. London-based Rio Tinto has an agreement with Muriel Mining which gives it the option of entering into a joint venture or profit-sharing [...]
Union, Contract Workers Continue Fight for Work Rights at Cerrejón in Colombia
The struggle continues for trade union rights for contract workers at Colombia’s vast mining complex, Carbones del Cerrejón. ICEM mining affiliate Sintracarbón has been fighting to organize the contract workers at the mine. ICEM is the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions. Carbones del Cerrejon is owned by London-listed Anglo American, [...]
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