“Anglo American has shown no moral responsibility” – A response to Anglo American’s letter about lead pollution in Kabwe
On 3 February 2025, ahead of the mining indaba mining conference kick off in South Africa, ACTSA published in full Anglo American’s reply to our open letter of 31 October 2024 and the response by ACTSA, London Mining Network, and RAID. Kabwe, in Zambia, was for 49...
Community of Kabwe still not seeing Anglo American’s “responsibility to the people and environment it operates in”
An open letter is handed in to Anglo American by a representative from Kabwe, Zambia, demanding remediation for mass lead poisoning. London, 31 October 2024. Photo credit: Jess Hurd. “We demand that Anglo American properly address the environmental devastation they’ve...
Kabwe Community Denied Justice in Lead Poisoning Case Against Mining Giant Anglo American
A South African court has stopped a historic class action of 140,000 women and children from proceeding after the Zambian community came forward to seek redress for decades of lead contamination. “This decision compounds a historic wrong, not yet remedied. Thousands...