October 2012 protest against AngloGold Ashanti’s La Colosa project
In an open letter to AngloGold Ashanti shareholders timed to coincide with the company’s May 13 AGM in South Africa, an alliance of organizations in Colombia list …
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Colombian community organizations call on AngloGold Ashanti to keep out of Tolima
It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice: lessons from the Anglo American AGM
Read a report on Anglo American’s AGM on 19 April – including concerns raised by community representatives from Alaska, Colombia and South Africa, and the company’s responses.
Julio Gomez speaks outside Anglo American AGM – denounces displacements for mining in Colombia
Colombian community activist Julio Gomez, representing FECODEMIGUA, an alliance of communities displaced by the Cerrejon coal mine, attended the AGM of Anglo American yesterday. Watch a 3-minute video interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnjVAI-SBp8.…
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Anglo-American and the finance sector: exporting abuse
We need to be aware of the impact our government’s policies have well beyond our shores. Anglo-American, alongside BHP Billiton and Xstrata, owns Latin America’s biggest coal mine, the Cerrejón mine in Colombia. The mine …
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Stories of Resistance – community activists slam Rio Tinto, Anglo American
Watch video coverage of the event last Monday with community and worker representatives from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa, the USA and West Papua.
Community activists in London to denounce British companies’ abuses abroad
This week activists from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa and the USA are in London with a common purpose: to draw attention to abuses being perpetrated in their countries by Anglo American and Rio Tinto, two …
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Communities and mineworkers hit out at Rio Tinto, Anglo American
Communities from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa and the US will demonstrate in London this week against some of the world’s largest mining companies, which they say are devastating the health of people, widely polluting the …
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New Study Documents Natural Resources Giveaway in Latin America: Says Outdated Development Model Tramples Human Rights, Environment
A new study reveals that governments in Latin America have returned to natural resources extraction to fuel development—while paying scant attention to the impact mining, oil exploration and other activities have on the environment or …
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Strike ends at Cerrejon, then coal train bombed
Workers in the SINTRACARBON mining union have come to an agreement with Cerrejon Coal, owned by Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata. Shortly after the strike ended, there was a bomb attack on the railway taking coal to the export terminal. Click on photo for more…
Colombia orders AngloGold Ashanti to stop illegal mining exploration activities
The environmental authority of Tolima has ordered multinational gold miner AngloGold Ashanti to stop its controversial activities in a central Colombia village, saying it broke rules on mining exploration and water use.
The company’s mining …
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Cerrejon Miners’ Strike in Colombia: talks restart with company
Talks have restarted between Cerrejon coal, owned by London-listed Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata, and mine workers’ union SINTRACARBON. There has been massive public demonstrations in support of the workers.
AngloGold Ashanti sues small town in Colombia
The multinational gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, has taken legal action against a small town in central Colombia after its citizens allegedly prohibited the mining company’s employees’ freedom of movement.
The Colombian branch of the …
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