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Article

29 Apr 2005

Author:
Oxfam America

Communities Urge Mining Giant Newmont to Reform

Community leaders from Ghana, Indonesia, Peru, Romania, and the US this week called on Newmont Mining...to reform its human rights and environmental practices at its global operations. Speaking at the company's annual shareholders meeting here, the community representatives demanded that Newmont fully respect human rights; stop intimidating farmers and other critics of its operations; and stop dumping mining waste into the ocean.