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Africa: New gold refineries raise concerns of 'race to the bottom' on conflict minerals, safety and environmental practices
Author: David Lewis and Peter Hobson, Reuters
"Race to refine: the bid to clean up Africa's gold rush", 15 January 2020....
- Related in-depth areas: Conflict minerals Extractives Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources
Shell publishes detailed report of tax payments
On 17 December 2019, Shell published a new tax report, which breaks down the company's tax payments on a country-by-country basis. Shell is now the first multinational corporation to disclose its global tax payments in such detail. Oxfam commended this...
Author: Marlène Panara, Le Point Afrique
« Le Kenya monte en première ligne contre l'évasion fiscale », 12 décembre 2019....
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Malawi: Civil society and affected communities push for revised mining law to fight corruption, tax avoidance and environmental degradation
Author: Penelope Paliani-Kamanga, The Southern Times
"Malawi losing millions of dollars from illegal mining," 8 November 2019....
- Related in-depth areas: Extractives Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources Regulatory action & enforcement
Report finds US Tech firms 'aggressively avoiding' global tax
Author: Rupert Neate, The Guardian
"New study deems Amazon worst for 'aggressive' tax avoidance", 2 December 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Technology and Human Rights
- Related companies: Amazon.com Facebook Google (part of Alphabet) Microsoft Netflix
Author: CNCD-11.11.11
« La justice fiscale passe aussi par le secteur extractif ! », 19 novembre 2019...
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Diverse set of countries pushing for international framework on tax to curb unfair effects of digitisation on fragile economies
Author: Marcello Estevão, The World Bank (writing for World Economic Forum)
"Pushing for tax fairness in a digital world", 20 November 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Tax avoidance
"Télécoms : le Cameroun va auditer MTN, Orange et Nexttel sur les exercices 2015 à 2018", 8 novembre 2019...
- Related companies: MTN Orange Viettel Group
Freeport-McMoRan's response
Author: Freeport-McMoRan
Please refer to our 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K for information on the assessments our Cerro Verde operation in Peru has received from SUNAT.
- Related stories: Peru: Civil society analysis of tax authorities' investigations into five large mining projects highlights tax avoidance practices
- This is a response from the following companies: Freeport-McMoRan Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde (joint venture Freeport-McMoRan, Sumitomo Mining Co. & Buenaventura)
Peru: Civil society analysis of tax authorities' investigations into five large mining projects highlights tax avoidance practices
In December 2018, Convoca Perú published its findings from a review of a hundred resolutions of the Fiscal Court. These resolutions revealed the use of complex financial mechanisms by five major mining companies to reduce their taxes. This story...