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Showing posts with label Anglo American Platinum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anglo American Platinum. Show all posts
Platinum mine sacks 12,000 in South Africa - Africa - Al Jazeera English
Platinum mine sacks 12,000 in South Africa - Africa - Al Jazeera English: "World's top producer of metal says workers failed to show up to disciplinary hearings and have three days to appeal."
Miner dies as South African industrial unrest continues | Business | guardian.co.uk
Miner dies as South African industrial unrest continues | Business | guardian.co.uk: "Death during clashes at Anglo American Platinum mine comes as Shell halts fuel deliveries over truckers' strike"
Striking Amplats miners in South Africa defiant | Reuters
Striking Amplats miners in South Africa defiant | Reuters: (Reuters) - "South African miners on an illegal strike against the world's top platinum producer defied management threats of dismissal on Friday, throwing down the gauntlet as another wildcat stoppage hit the country's restive mining sector."
BBC News - South Africa police fire at Marikana mine protesters
BBC News - South Africa police fire at Marikana mine protesters: "South African police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters near a mine owned by Anglo American, a day after a deal ended a strike in Marikana."
S. Africa miners to resume work
S Africa miners to resume work after pay rise - Africa - Al Jazeera English:
"Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa, reporting from Marikana, said the offer amounted to about $1,200 a month." (my selection)
Who can live on so little money? I hope that the families of the murdered minors will receive good financial support. Because the dead miners likely left families behind.
"Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa, reporting from Marikana, said the offer amounted to about $1,200 a month." (my selection)
Who can live on so little money? I hope that the families of the murdered minors will receive good financial support. Because the dead miners likely left families behind.
Miners' strike tops S Africa congress agenda - Africa - Al Jazeera English
Miners' strike tops S Africa congress agenda - Africa - Al Jazeera English
If anyone is interested here is the website of Anglo-Amiricana Platinum: http://www.angloplatinum.com/
Some thoughts: Platinum is a precious metal and as is clear in the website Anglo-American's shares are up; so why do not they share the profit with their workers: the ones digging, ingesting dust particles; sacrificing their health, quality of life and longevity for a meager salary?
(My selection) Wikipedia
Furthermore, although the workers are Africans natives, the name of the company Anglo-American Platinum suggests that the company is ran by white exploiters who- as much as during colonialism or apartheid - exploit African resources and labor. Yet, they do no share the profits raked.
If anyone is interested here is the website of Anglo-Amiricana Platinum: http://www.angloplatinum.com/
Some thoughts: Platinum is a precious metal and as is clear in the website Anglo-American's shares are up; so why do not they share the profit with their workers: the ones digging, ingesting dust particles; sacrificing their health, quality of life and longevity for a meager salary?
"Platinum is used in catalytic converters, laboratory equipment, electrical contacts and electrodes, platinum resistance thermometers, dentistry equipment, and jewelry. Because only a few hundred tonnes are produced annually, it is a scarce material, and is highly valuable and is a major precious metal commodity. Being a heavy metal, it leads to health issues upon exposure to its salts, but due to its corrosion resistance, it is not as toxic as some metals.[3] Compounds containing platinum, most notably cisplatin, are applied in chemotherapy against certain types of cancer.[4]"
Furthermore, although the workers are Africans natives, the name of the company Anglo-American Platinum suggests that the company is ran by white exploiters who- as much as during colonialism or apartheid - exploit African resources and labor. Yet, they do no share the profits raked.
"Controversy
Anglo Platinum, the world's largest platinum miner and a subsidiary of Anglo American PLC, the world's fifth largest mining corporation, filed SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) against a South African public interest lawyer Richard Spoor, who represented indigenous communities affected by platinum mining on tribal land. The actions include an application in the High Court for a so-called gagging order, ostensibly to prevent him further injuring the good name and reputation of the corporation, the lodging of complaints with the Law Society of unprofessional behaviour and the lodging of a civil action for damages for some $500,000. Anglo Platinum also obtained an ex parte (without notice) order interdicting two tribal chiefs from interfering with their mining operations and had them arrested on charges of intimidation and trespass. Subsequently, followers of the two tribal chiefs were shot, beaten and arrested for protesting the mine's presence on tribal land.[1][2]
In August 2007, British charity War on Want published a report accusing Anglo Platinum's parent company Anglo American of profiting from the abuse of people in the developing countries in which the company operates.[3] In the report, Anglo Platinum is accused of displacing communities in South Africa, including forcing the entire Magobading community off its land and into the Mecklenberg township." Wikipedia (My selection)
Now how can the west and particularly the US wonder why the world is angry at us.
Now how can the west and particularly the US wonder why the world is angry at us.
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South Africa mine protests hit top world platinum firm | Reuters
South Africa mine protests hit top world platinum firm | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Machete-wielding strikers forced top world platinum producer Anglo American Platinum to shut down some of its South African operations on Wednesday, widening the labor unrest sweeping through the country's mining industry."
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