Tanzania

Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found Near Tanzania Mine

Martes, Noviembre 17, 2009

News release from the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC), the Muslim Council of Tanzania (BAKWATA), and the Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT): A new report published by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences finds potentially life-threatening levels of arsenic around Barrick Gold’s North Mara mine in Tanzania. “If nothing is done the environment will be destroyed. It has already become heavily polluted by arsenic, cobalt and other heavy metals,” says Evans Rubara of the Christian Council of Tanzania, one of the organizations that commissioned the report.

Etiquetas: Tanzania, Barrick Gold

State of Mine: The Dominion Newspaper's Special Issue on Mining

Lunes, Noviembre 17, 2008

The Dominion Newspaper is a cooperative, independent, grass roots publication. A special edition, State of Mine: An Investigation of Canada's Extractive Industries was published in November 2008 and is available online at: www.dominionpaper.ca/issue/55. The online edition features 37 articles on mining issues in Canada and internationally, including articles by MiningWatch Canada's Ramsey Hart and former National Coordinator Joan Kuyek.

Africafiles

Jueves, Febrero 7, 2008

Includes a resource extraction section among its 10,000 articles from alternative sources from and about Africa, plus an e-zine of original writing, all for the promotion of human rights and economic justice.

Etiquetas: Congo - Democratic Republic, Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia

Barrick's Dirty Secrets: Communities Protest Gold Mining Impacts Around the World

Miércoles, Mayo 2, 2007

On May 2nd, 2007, as part of an "International Day of Action" against Barrick, protests took place in six different countries as well as in Toronto, Canada, where Barrick is based.

On the same day, Canada's second largest gold mining company, GoldCorp, was protested at their annual meeting in Vancouver.

Etiquetas: Argentina, Congo - Democratic Republic, Marcopper Mine, Porgera Mine - Barrick, Chile, Nevada, Tanzania, Ontario, Barrick Gold

Halifax Initiative Publishes Canadian Mining Map

Miércoles, Febrero 21, 2007

The Canadian mining map was produced by the Halifax Initiative during the National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries. The Roundtables, which took place between June and November of 2006, fulfilled one of the recommendations made in the groundbreaking report, Mining in Developing Countries and Corporate Social Responsibility, tabled by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) in June 2005.

The Challenge of the Mines: The Role of Stakeholder Engagement in the Sustainable Development of Tanzania's Gold Mining Sector

Domingo, Enero 29, 2006

Dennis Tessier's Master's thesis (for the University of Dar Es Salaam) examines the role stakeholder engagement could play in bringing about sustainable development in Tanzania's gold mining industry. The study was conducted using qualitative research methods with three primary areas of focus: a historical analysis of gold mining within the region prior to the major restructuring of the Tanzania mining industry in the 1990s; an analysis of the 1997 Mineral Policy and 1998 Mining Act and an analysis of the current state of stakeholder engagement.

Etiquetas: Tanzania, Barrick Gold

Backgrounder: Bulyanhulu

Martes, Agosto 9, 2005

In northwestern Tanzania, in the Shinyanga region, there is a massive gold mining area called Bulyanhulu, just south of Lake Victoria.

Etiquetas: Tanzania, Barrick Gold

The winners of the 2003 Dirty Digger Awards have been decided

Miércoles, Diciembre 3, 2003

The winners of the 2003 Dirty Digger Awards have been decided. The awards are being made to coincide with the Mining Journal's 'Outstanding Achievement' Awards, to be presented at the Mines and Money Congress on 3rd December 2003.

Etiquetas: Corporate Accountability, Indonesia, Russia, Tanzania, Corporate Social Responsibility, Barrick Gold, BHP-Billiton, Newmont, Placer Dome, Rio Tinto, TVI Pacific

Human Rights Advocate Jailed in Tanzania — Please Write Letters!

Viernes, Enero 3, 2003

Tundu Antiphas Lissu, a Tanzanian human rights lawyer and outspoken advocate for an independent international inquiry into the evictions at Bulyanulu in August 1996, was detained by police on December 23 in Dar Es Salaam. He was held for over 24 hours in an underground jail known as "The Hole."

Etiquetas: Tanzania, Barrick Gold

LEAT Responds to CAO Bulyanhulu Report

Lunes, Diciembre 2, 2002

In a response to the report released on October 29th, 2002, by the World Bank's Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman on the Bulyanhulu mine, the Tanzanian Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (LEAT) states that it is deeply saddened by the report as it contains material inaccuracies, factual errors, unsupported claims, and unsubstantiated conclusions.

Etiquetas: Tanzania, Barrick Gold