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Groups urge US Ex-Im Bank not to fund Pascua Lama

Last updated: May 26, 2010

Barrick is a Canadian company but London-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd had over $10 million invested in the company in 2007, BlackRock Commodities Income Trust plc has invested in the company, and the company …
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Barrick’s chairman unapologetic in face of protest

Last updated: May 18, 2010

As if he doesn’t have enough to do, it seems that Barrick chairman Peter Munk is now defending capitalism as a whole, as well as his company’s shocking record, at the company’s AGM. He appears …
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Barrick gets court go-ahead on Cortez Hills

Last updated: May 5, 2010

In December 2009, the Western Shoshone won a legal victory on the expansion of Barrick Gold’s key Cortez gold mine in Nevada. Yet despite this the company proceeded with the project. It now appears that …
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Barrick’s “Historic Gift” fulfills an academic dream – but critics call it “Blood Money”

Last updated: May 5, 2010

The University of Toronto has announced that their new School of Global Affairs will be built with what many regard as the “blood money” of Peter Munk, CEO of Barrick Gold. Munk has praised brutal …
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Lakshmi Mittal stays at top of UK’s rich list, Anil Agarwal at 10th

Last updated: May 5, 2010

and Roman Abramovitch at number 2…

Indian-born steel baron Lakshmi Mittal has topped The Sunday Times Rich List 2010, as his fortune doubled this year to 22.45 billion pounds, thanks to the recovery in …
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Barrick Gold and its disputes in Dominican Republic

Last updated: Mar 23, 2010

The world’s biggest corporate gold miner, Barrick, has been saddled with yet another accusation that it’s been operating illegally – this time in the Dominican Republic. Coincidentally, the issue of the contract between Pueblo Viejo …
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Tanzanians more cursed than blessed

Last updated: Mar 8, 2010

In this opinion piece the author asks whose interests drive the government and politicians in Tanzania and who is at the heart of policy development and formulation when mining corporations enjoy a better relationship with …
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Barrick in trouble over Pascua Lama project

Last updated: Mar 8, 2010

Huascoaltinos claim over Pascua Lama deemed admissible by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has acknowleged that the Chilean state may have committed violations of rights, enshrined in …
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Western Shoshone return to court, citing violations by Barrick Gold

Last updated: Feb 18, 2010

Last December, Western Shoshone plaintiffs won a court stay on expansion by Barrick Gold of its major Cortez gold mine in Nevada, citing environmental violations. Since then, the company has proceeded with the project after …
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London Calling picks the links between a UK war criminal, the darkest of knights, and a pesky aluminium oligarch

Last updated: Feb 12, 2010

While the UK’s leading war criminal prances around the globe, delivering back-of-envelope patois urging global peace in the Middle East and the Philippines, he’s been working with a slithery hand-picked advisor on a highly dubious …
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Papua New Guinea: Amnesty urges police violence at Porgera be investigated

Last updated: Feb 12, 2010

Amnesty International has published a report on alleged police brutality and forced evictions occurring around the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The organisation asks members of the public to urge the PNG government …
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Disaster strikes down workers at Russian mine, part-owned by football billionaire

Last updated: Jan 14, 2010

Without question it’s the most dangerous mining company in Russia. In 2007, and within the space of two months, the Evraz group was held responsible for negligence which led to the deaths of 148 mineworkers. …
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