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| 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. |
| MPs fume at river acid spill by LEONARD MWAKALEBELA, Daily News TZ June 30th, 2009 Members of Parliament yesterday called for immediate formation of a probe team to investigate the cause, magnitude and effects of the recent discharge of acid materials into River Tigiti in Tarime District from the North Mara Gold Mine. |
 | The human cost of gold in Tanzania: And a deadly price to pay ThisDay June 27th, 2009 VILLAGERS living near a gold mine owned and run by Canada�s Barrick Gold Corp. in Tarime District, Mara Region are demanding the immediate closure of the project, saying they are paying a deadly price for the mining activities in the area. They say more than 20 people have died in recent weeks as a direct result of the contaminated water. |
| Close North Mara mine- activists by Vicent Mnyanyika, The Citizen June 27th, 2009 A cross section of human rights activists have called for immediate closure of the Barrick's North Mara gold mine to give room for investigations into allegations that poisonous seepage from the mine has caused death to about 20 people and 270 heads of cattle. |
| Fresh storm over tax 'negotiations' by Orton Kiishweko June 15th, 2009 The Government's decision to negotiate with mining companies operating in the country before revoking the tax exemptions they enjoy has provoked widespread backlash. |
| Barrick Gold hit by 5.8bn/- suit by small-scale miner June 14th, 2009 A CIVIL suit in which a small-scale miner is demanding more than 6.5bn/- in damages from Barrick Gold Corp�s North Mara gold mine is set to come up before the High Court�s Land Division in Dar es Salaam next month. |
| ** BARRICK MINING DISASTERS - Emergency Funds Needed ** May 21st, 2009 This has been a crazy past few weeks to be watchdogging Barrick Gold. Within the first week of starting our annual ProtestBarrick tour in Toronto, a Barrick-recommended military force in PNG started to torch hundreds of houses, allegedly to clear way for mine expansion. SO... we changed plans a bit, MiningWatch Canada sent an Urgent Appeal to several United Nations Special Rapporteurs and now we are now attending the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York! Amnesty International has also made a public statement on the recent events at Porgera. |
| Families want payout from gold firm by Patty Magubira, Mwanza , The Citizen May 20th, 2009 The North Mara Gold Mine (NMGM) has been given ten days in which to compensate members of 30 households claiming to have been affected by its poisonous heavy metals. |
| Tanzania Government Probes North Mara Gold Mine Over River Pollution by Nicholas Bariyo, Dow Jones Newswire The Tanzanian government is investigating the operations at North Mara Gold Mine following a chemical spill at the mine last week which polluted the nearby Tigithe river leaving thousands of residents without water for domestic use, a government official told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday. |
| Tanzania: Seeping Water from Mine Stokes Health Scare Trading Markets May 18th, 2009 Water from a storage pond at Barrick Gold's North Mara mine in Tanzania is seeping through containing walls, leading local villagers to fear their water sources are contaminated. |
| ENVIRONMENT-TANZANIA: Villagers Fearful After Mine Water Containment Pond Overflows by Terna Gyuse, IPS May 18th, 2009 Water from a storage pond at Barrick Gold's North Mara mine in Tanzania has overflowed into the Tigithe River, provoking local villagers to fear for their health. |
 | A SLAPP in the Face: Reaping Abroad, Sowing Shut Mouths At Home
by DELPHINE ABADIE, ALAIN DENEAULT, WILLIAM SACHER, http://www.alternatives.ca/auteur1277.html In January, the Norwegian government decided to exclude Canada�s Barrick Gold from its pensions investment fund, deeming the activities of the mining company in Papua New Guinea as �an unacceptable risk of extensive and irreversible damage to the natural environment.� This sort of indictment is not unique; Canadian mining multinationals in Africa face numerous allegations of environmental damage. Worse, their reputation for a lack of ecological respect pales in comparison to their other alleged activities, such as the violent confiscation of property, tax evasion, corruption, and the financing of armed conflicts. |
| Corporate Social Responsibility Rules for Mining Industry Blasted: Barrick Gold Implicated by Lee Berthiaume, Embassy Magazine April 1st, 2009 The Conservative government has rejected joint civil society-private sector calls to tie diplomatic and economic support for Canadian oil, gas and mining companies operating in developing countries to socially responsible conduct abroad. As a result, there are charges the government�allegedly influenced by mining giant Barrick Gold and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce�has given the green light for misbehaviour abroad, and killed the temporary peace between NGOs and mining companies. |
| Attacks on gold mine worry Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) by Felix Mwera, Musoma, The Citizen (Tanzania) March 18th, 2009 The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) has expressed its concern about the frequent attacks on the North Mara Gold Mine by neighbouring villagers. |
| Tanzania Bulyanhulu Miners Seek Legal Redress Over Dismissal by Nicholas Bariyo, Dow Jones Newswire March 17th, 2009 Hundreds of workers who were dismissed in 2007 by management of Tanzania's Bulyanhulu Gold Mine are in court challenging their dismissal, union officials said Tuesday. |
