Three workers died in separate platinum mine accidents in South Africa over the last couple of days, with both Impala Platinum (Implats) and Anooraq on Monday reporting fatalities.
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Impala Platinum Holdings Limited is a Global Compact participant since 2008/04/08.
This blog provides information on how U.N. Global Compact participants' walk the talk. The GC is a voluntary initiative at the strategic level to engage businesses towards sustainability principles. There is however a risk of 'blue-washing' by covering up corporate misbehaviour and law infringement from large MNEs through poorly enforced 'Integrity Measures' and weak U.N supervision. Let's 'WE', civil society stay tuned!
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Barrick's Nevada Gold Mine Blamed for Deaths of Two Workers
In an investigative report posted Monday, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration faulted managers of Toronto-based Barrick Gold for, among other things, allowing a safety alarm system at the Meikle Mine in Carlin, Nev. to be bypassed. (...) MSHA cited Barrick for six safety violations as a result of the accident, but it terminated the last of its safety orders on June 21 after the company built a new delivery system that, the agency said, eliminated the hazards.
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Barrick Gold Corporation is a Global Compact participant since 2005/06/02
Read more on fairwarning.org
Barrick Gold Corporation is a Global Compact participant since 2005/06/02
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