Anglo American

South Africa - Kumba Iron Ore's social license to operate is questioned

whit — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 17:11:25 +0100

The South African organisation Bench Marks has launched a report on Anglo American’s Kumba Iron ore, called Policy Gap 10 “Floating or Sinking” Social Licence to Operate (SLO): Kumba Iron Ore Limited.

They have produced eleven media releases relating to key issues discussed in the report.

Colombia - Cerrejon mine faces relocation battle as coal dust rises

whit — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:02:02 +0000

The venture is struggling to persuade residents of Las Casitas in northeastern Colombia to relocate.

Cerrejon, one of the world’s largest open-pit coal mines, is struggling to persuade some members of a small community in northeastern Colombia to relocate and may have to alter its mining strategy.

The venture – owned by BHP Billiton Plc, Anglo American Plc and Glencore Plc – is in relocation talks with residents of Las Casitas, where dust is approaching levels set by the World Bank, Vice-President of Public Affairs Juan Carlos Restrepo said in a telephone interview.

“We have unt

Fossil fuel divestment campaign targets UCL and BHP Billiton

whit — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:52:57 +0000

University College London under fire for sustainability institute funded by mining giant BHP Billiton, which faces protests at its London AGM

The fast-growing campaign to persuade investors to dump fossil fuel stocks has set its sights on a twin target of the world’s biggest mining company and one of the globe’s best universities.

The mining giant BHP Billiton will face protests at its AGM in London on Thursday over its £6m association with University College London (UCL) and the effects of its activities around the world.

The fossil fuel divestment campaign began in the US, wher

Canada must live up to obligations on human rights in Colombia

whit — Thu, 22 May 2014 17:57:22 +0100

The federal government’s new report on Human Rights and the Canada Colombia Free Trade Agreement, quietly submitted as Parliament recessed last week, would have us believe there are no trade and investment-related human rights concerns in Colombia – and no reason to look at what is happening in areas of resource extraction. But deadly realities confronting indigenous peoples in the South American country tell another story.

Fifteen-year-old Génesis Gisselle had just got out of school two weeks ago when the phone rang.

Untaxed, unregulated, unpunished: multinationals making multi-billion dollar profits at the expense of human rights

whit — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:48:20 +0000

Berlin – The NGO Campaign, Facing Finance, presents their latest report, DIRTY PROFITS 2 [http://banktrack.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ca4ff3016df790ab4c04c0ddd&id=95b049c807&e=f123b332f9], to commemorate International Human Rights Day, (10th December) in Berlin. This report demonstrates that human rights violations, corruption, exploitation, and environmental destruction remain ingrained in the business models of major multinational corporations.

The mismatch between indigenous communities and mining wealth

whit — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:12:18 +0000

Indigenous communities rarely reap the benefits of mining and attempts by companies to redress the balance often fall short

“It shouldn’t be like this. It’s a rich country… for some”, reflects the veteran left-wing journalist and filmmaker John Pilger in his new documentary about the plight of Australia’s indigenous community.

Utopia, which opens in UK cinemas today, offers a searing critique of what Pilger describes as Australia’s “hidden secret”.

FARC guerrillas bomb railway of top Colombia coal miner Cerrejon

whit — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:46:05 +0100

BOGOTA – Colombia’s biggest coal producer, Cerrejon, said a bomb attack on its railway on Sunday partially derailed a train carrying coal to port and damaged the track, but exports would continue as normal using stocks held at its privately-owned port.

The early-morning attack, which a military source told Reuters was carried out by the country’s main rebel group, the FARC, was the latest in a spate of explosions in the last week blamed on the guerrillas and targeting oil and gas pipelines.

The railway owned and used exclusively by Cerrejon, carried 32.7 million tonnes of coal from its m

Desperate indigenous group brings BHP's Cerro Matoso to a halt

whit — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:57:55 +0100

A displaced Colombian indigenous group has shut down BHP’s Cerro Matoso, the world’s no.

Anglo American pulls out of Pebble copper project

whit — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:11:54 +0100

London – Mining group Anglo American has pulled out of the Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska, less than two months after pledging to halve a $17 billion pipeline of potential mines and bring down the cost of keeping future options open.

The decision, announced on Monday, leaves junior exploration company Northern Dynasty to push ahead alone with the plan to develop one of the largest copper-gold deposits in the world – but also a hugely environmentally challenging project that has already been studied for almost three decades.

Anglo’s decision is unlikely to come as a shock to investo

Statement of the Wayuu Indigenous Peoples on extractive industries

whit — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:18:24 +0100

“She who possess the history of her people
carries the past, present and future of lives and souls
which survive in time, space and dreams”

Statement presented May 2013 at the 12th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples Issues in the United Nations New York – for the organization and movement of Sütsüin Jiyeyu Wayuu – Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu (SJW-FMW)

Good afternoon members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples Issues at its 12th session and to indigenous peoples attending the session.

In this statement the organization and movement Fureza de Muje