2000
…Anglo American, BHP and Xstrata bought 50% of the mine. In 2001, the entire Afro-Colombian community of Tabaco was forcibly displaced by the mine. Despite a Colombian Court ordering the…
2020 – Xstrata Vice-President to be tried for environmental contamination
Julian Rooney, the former vice-president of Xstrata, has his appeal rejected and has his assets seized by the Federal Court of Appeals in Tucuman, Argentina, whilst he awaits trial for…
2018 – Glencore-Xstrata fined over DRC corruption
When the Paradise Papers bring the corrupt dealings of Glencore executives in the DRC to public attention, legal investigations begin across the world. The first of these to conclude, in…
2015 – More anti-mining advocates murdered at the Tampakan mine
…when Emeri was murdered, Glencore-Xstrata had just sold its stake in the Tampakan project,4 the company is directly responsible for this deadly legacy of militia activity [see 2012 entry]. The…
2013 – Glencore and Xstrata merger
After 450 days of negotiations and asset sales to satisfy regulators, Glencore successfully takes over Xstrata to form Glencore Xstrata. With 190,000 employees in over 50 countries, the mining giant…