From the BBC this morning: Gold hits record high of $1900 on global growth fears So now is as good a time as any to be talking about social responsibility in the gold mining industry. Here are links to my articles about the recent cyanide spill en route to Inata gold mine in Burkina Faso. [...]
This post by Libby Webb made me laugh and then made me think: Very Loud and Very Necessary
On 29 July 2011 a truck carrying 40 tonnes of cyanide heading for the Inata gold mine overturned at Djibo dam. Some of the cyanide got out. The only casualties so far have been fish, but my burning question is this: could it happen again? If Avocet Mining (London), Samsung (Korea) and Vehrad (Ghana) do [...]
Welcome to part two of my exposé of the recent cyanide spill at the Djibo dam. Here’s Part One if you missed it. Thank you to Simon Cross and Keith Smith for their excellent blog posts about this accident. Thanks also to those of you who have been tweeting and FBing your support. As you [...]
When I was small, my mother told me not to run whilst carrying scissors. These days I rarely feel the need to run carrying scissors, but even if I wanted to I wouldn’t. Mother knows best. Dangerous items should be transported with due care. I cannot help thinking: if only the good people at AVOCET [...]
