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New Investment Agreements Show Canadian Commitment to Africa Mining Vision a Hollow Promise
Miércoles, Marzo 6, 2013

The Canadian government’s big announcement for this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association conference (PDAC) wasn’t the renewal of tax credits for “flow-through” shares – a $100 million dollar a year subsidy for exploration companies – or even a creative new way of diverting international development aid money to support Canadian mining projects in the developing world. No, it was a pair of investment agreements, one with Cameroon and one with Zambia.

Congo - Democratic Republic, Africa, Corporate Accountability, Zambia, International Trade and Investment, First Quantum Minerals
Tax Evasion in Zambia: NGOs File Complaint Against Glencore, First Quantum for Violation of OECD Guidelines
Martes, Abril 12, 2011

News release: Five organizations, from Zambia, Switzerland, France, and Canada, have filed a complaint today against Glencore International AG and First Quantum Minerals Ltd. before the Swiss and Canadian National Contact Points (NCP) for violating the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Zambia, Economics & Taxation, First Quantum Minerals
Publication of Congo mining contract review welcome; renegotiations should be fair and transparent
Martes, Marzo 25, 2008

Joint news release: Congolese and international non-governmental organisations welcomed the publication of the review of mining contracts by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and called on the government to ensure that the renegotiation of contracts is conducted openly and fairly.

Congo - Democratic Republic, American Mineral Fields/Adastra, Corporate Accountability, Anvil, Corporate Social Responsibility, Banro, International Trade and Investment, Diamondworks/Energem, First Quantum Minerals, Tenke
NGOs fear that Congolese mining contract review process has been hijacked: Time for authorities in Europe, North America to act
Lunes, Febrero 4, 2008

Joint news release: As the Mining Indaba 2008 conference gears up in Cape Town, an international coalition of non-governmental organizations warns that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining contract review process has been hijacked, and that new deals are being struck behind closed doors.

Congo - Democratic Republic, American Mineral Fields/Adastra, Anvil, Banro, Diamondworks/Energem, First Quantum Minerals, Tenke
United Nations Whitewashes Canadian Mining Companies Operating in Democratic Republic of Congo
Sábado, Diciembre 27, 2003

In October 2000, a UN Panel of Experts released a report on violence in the Congo, in which they called eight Canadian mining companies to account for commercial activities that were contributing to conflict in that war-torn country. It is estimated that 3 to 5 million people have died in the Congo in recent years due to the war.

Congo - Democratic Republic, American Mineral Fields/Adastra, Corporate Social Responsibility, Newsletter 14: Autumn 2003, Banro, First Quantum Minerals, Katanga, Kinross, Tenke
Canadian Companies Accused of Pillaging Congo — United Nations Report
Domingo, Febrero 23, 2003

On October 24 last year, the Group of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and other Forms of Wealth in the Congo, a UN panel struck to research this issue, submitted its report to the United Nations.

Congo - Democratic Republic, American Mineral Fields/Adastra, Corporate Social Responsibility, Newsletter 11: Winter 2002-2003, Banro, First Quantum Minerals, Katanga, Kinross, Tenke

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