Students abandon school for gold, prostitution in Tarime by Damas Mwita, This Day The future of many students in Tarime remains bleak as they continue to drop out of school due to various reasons such as early marriages, pregnancy and gold mining.

Breaches of Freedom of Association Rife at AngloGold, Barrick Gold Mines in Tanzania ICEM in Brief The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions workshops in Tanzania on 12-13 March reveal blatant abuses of freedom of association by subsidiary mining enterprises of AngloGold Ashanti and Barrick Gold. The workshops were done specifically for ICEM affiliate Tanzania Association of Mining and Construction Workers’ Union (TAMICO), under the auspices of ICEM’s Sub-Saharan African Regional Organisation (SSARO), with ICEM President Senzeni Zokwana and ICEM/SSARO staff person Fabian Nkomo leading the important sessions.

Barrick Gold moves to block mining book CBC News May 12th, 2010 The threat of legal action from mining giant Barrick Gold has forced Vancouver-based Talonbooks to postpone publication of a book about the Canadian mining industry.

Those Bricks Barrick Gold Dropped on Publishers by Philip Resnick, TheTyee.ca April 21st, 2010 How many readers of The Tyee or Canadians outside Quebec are aware that the same Barrick Corp., on whose board sit such eminences as Brian Mulroney, has been engaged in using SLAPPs -- Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation -- against two small presses, one in Quebec, one based in Vancouver, that have published or announced an intention to publish books that this august corporation finds offensive to its image? It took a March 25 op-ed article in Le Devoir, the independent Montreal daily (not beholden to the powerful media interests that control so many of Canada's leading newspapers) to alert me to the situation.

Barrick Gold says three workers killed in mine collapse in Tanzania by KRISTINE OWRAM, The Canadian Press March 17th, 2010 A unit of Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold Corp. has suspended operations at a mine in Tanzania after three workers were killed in a cave-in, one week before shares in the spin-off company are expected to begin trading on the London Stock Exchange.

Canada's Long Road to Mining Reform by Cyril Mychalejko, editor, Upside Down world, writing for Toward Freedom January 21st, 2010 Rape. Murder. Corruption. Environmental contamination. Impunity. These are just some of the charges and incidents that have plagued Canadian mining operations abroad for years. Now one Canadian lawmaker has taken on the Herculean challenge of legislating mining reform in a country that has traditionally acted like a parent in denial.

TANZANIA: Community Still Worried By Mine Contamination by Jessie Boylan, Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) December 30th, 2009 Solomon, 55, has been farming here near Nyangoto village, in Tanzania's rural Tarime district for a long time. "I was farming rice before," she said, "but I can’t anymore because of the chemicals." Solomon's farm was contaminated by a leak in May from Barrick Gold's North Mara mine - just 100 metres away. In large sections, the grass has completely died, and plants and some vegetation have off-coloured stalks. The stream running from the mine site has green growth covering it; there is no sign of insects, tadpoles or frogs, and some crystallised plants stick out of the water, as if frozen or covered by salt; no other streams in the area looked like this.

Firm sues Government on mining contracts by Bernard James , The Citizen (Tanzania) November 11th, 2009 A constitutional petition has been filed in the High Court, seeking to have all the mining contracts entered into by the government without Parliament's approval declared null and avoid, in an effort to curb the plunder of the country's natural resources.

Sediment Study: Heavy Pollution found at Barrick Gold's mine in North Mara. Norwegian Church Aid November 7th, 2009 Here are the key findings of the study conducted by The Norwegian University of Life Sciences in cooperation with the University of Dar es Salaam to investigate the environmental impact of the mining activity in Geita (Anglo Gold Ashanti) and North Mara (Barrick Gold)mines. "Extremely high levels of arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, copper, crom, nickel and zinc at the area around the spill. The environment has been seriously contaminated".

Bunge braces for North Mara acid spillage report by ORTON KIISHWEKO, Daily News (Tanzania) November 2nd, 2009 MORE details on the findings of a study on possible water contamination due to acid seepage from the North Mara Gold Mine will be known when the final report on the matter is presented in Parliament in Dodoma next week.

Tanzania's pot of gold by Khadija Sharife, PAMBAZUKA NEWS, Issue 450 October 1st, 2009 Tanzania is sitting on top of a US$39 billion ‘pot of gold’, Khadija Sharife writes in Pambazuka News, but unless the government can capture a more just proportion of royalties and taxes from the multi-nationals with concessions to mine the commodity, the country, one of the ten poorest in the world, is likely to get poorer still.

Attempted Break-in At Tanzania's North Mara Mine; 1 Shot by Nicholas Bariyo, Dow Jones Newswire September 14th, 2009 Police shot and injured a person at Barrick Gold Corp.'s (ABX) North Mara Gold Mine over the weekend as more than a hundred illegal miners invaded the premises, the communications officer of the mine, Edward Ibabila, told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.

Independent researchers detect high levels of pollution around North Mara gold mine by DAMAS MWITA , This Day Tanzania July 14th, 2009 INDEPENDENT experts have confirmed the presence of high levels of toxic chemicals in the area surrounding Barrick Gold Corp's North Mara gold mine in Tarime District, Mara Region. Download the full report here.

Govt under pressure to close down Barrick mine This Day Tanzania July 10th, 2009 PUBLIC pressure is mounting on the Government to shut down operations at Barrick Gold Corp’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tarime District, Mara Region pending an ongoing investigation into reports of potentially deadly health hazards caused by the mine.

Tanzania Government bans water use near Barrick mine Intercontinental Cry July 9th, 2009 The Tanzania government has banned the use of water from the Tigithe River, which may be contaminated with Sulphiric acid used by the Canadian company Barrick Gold at their North Mara Gold Mine in the Tarime discrict.

Barrick's Tanzania N Mara Mine Probed On Pollution Allegation by Nicholas Bariyo, Dow Jones Newswire July 7th, 2009 Tanzanian lawmakers have started investigating allegations of pollution made against Barrick Gold Corp.'s (ABX) North Mara Gold Mine, officials said Tuesday.

Crt Backs Tanzanian Miners In Case Against Barrick - Official by Nicholas Bariyo, Dow Jones July 7th, 2009 The Tanzanian labor court has forwarded a wrongful dismissal claim from about 700 ex-miners of Tanzania Bulyanhulu Gold Mine to the labor commissioner, a union official told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday.

Tensions on the Rise at North Mara by Reporters, The Citizen (Tanzania) July 6th, 2009 The Nyamongo villagers, some of whom still claiming compensation for their plots that were taken over by the mine, accuse the investor of doing nothing to improve their conditions. But the investor accuses the villagers of looting, and of late has implicitly started to avoid employing local youths for even menial jobs at the mine. The mine's public relations officer, Mr Edward Ibabila, said the investor had poured a huge amount money into security in a bid to curb losses incurred through the endemic smuggling and vandalism.

EDITORIAL: Call for Bunge to probe North Mara gold mine deaths timely by EDITOR, This Day Tanzania July 4th, 2009 SULPHURIC acid is an extremely potent liquid. Used carelessly in its concentrated form it kills any living thing, dissolves stones and similar things. The acid is used by mines, such as the North Mara Gold Mine in Tarime District, Mara Region in the process of purifying gold.

Cheyo in the soup: allegations of water contaminated by acid seeping from the North Mara Gold Mine by Samuel Kamndaya, Dodoma and Anthony Mayunga, Tarime , The Citizen (Tanzania) July 1st, 2009 The chairman of the parliamentary committee on land, natural resources and environment, Mr Job Ndugai, led several MPs in demanding for the probe to establish the truth behind the death and poisoning reports in villages around the mine. Mr Kagasheki, who toured the mine on Sunday following numerous complaints, said he was annoyed by attempts by the mine officials to play down the matter.