300 jobs at risk in Uruguay mine9 August, 2018300 workers in Uruguay employed by Canadian mining company Orosur risk losing their jobs if the country’s only gold extraction and processing company closes down its operations.
Case study: Glencore in Colombia2 August, 2018Colombia is another of the resource-rich, conflict-ridden countries favoured by Glencore. The company is well known in the country for its violations of the environment and workers rights, including health and safety and the freedom of association.
Case study: Glencore in Colombia2 August, 2018Colombia is another of the resource-rich, conflict-ridden countries favoured by Glencore. The company is well known in the country for its violations of the environment and workers rights, including health and safety and the freedom of association.
South Africa: Mine responsibly and improve working conditions, recommends report30 July, 2018If public statements on working conditions by mining companies are to be believed, the demands by trade unions on health and safety, workers’ rights, and the ending of unethical labour practices would have been met.
Sudáfrica: Informe recomienda prácticas mineras responsables para mejorar las condiciones de trabajo30 July, 2018Si fueran realmente acertadas las declaraciones públicas de las empresas mineras respecto a las condiciones de trabajo, se habría cumplido con las reivindicaciones de los sindicatos sobre salud y seguridad, los derechos de los trabajadores/as y la necesidad de poner fin a las prácticas laborales inmorales.
South Africa: Mine responsibly and improve working conditions, recommends report30 July, 2018If public statements on working conditions by mining companies are to be believed, the demands by trade unions on health and safety, workers’ rights, and the ending of unethical labour practices would have been met.
Deadly Georgian mine closed after multiple fatalities18 July, 2018The Mindeli coal mine in Tkibuli, Georgia, has been closed after four miners were killed, and six others were injured.
Mina de Georgia mortal cerrada después de múltiples víctimas mortales18 July, 2018La mina de carbón Mindeli en Tkibuli, Georgia, se ha cerrado después de que cuatro mineros murieran y otros seis resultaran heridos.
Deadly Georgian mine closed after multiple fatalities18 July, 2018The Mindeli coal mine in Tkibuli, Georgia, has been closed after four miners were killed, and six others were injured.
South Africa: Six workers die in underground fire at copper mine18 July, 2018With six mineworkers killed and 48 injured in an underground fire at Palabora Copper Mine in the Limpopo Province caused by a burning conveyor belt, increasingly South African mines are becoming death-traps for mine workers.
