Most Controversial Mining Companies Of 2011

US-based gold and copper producer Newmont Mining received significant criticism during the course of
2011, in particular for the impact of its mining projects in Peru, Indonesia, Ghana and the US. The company is said to have a poor international record on human rights and has been accused of masterminding
numerous abductions of activists.......

In Ghana, local communities refused to relocate for Newmont Ghana Gold’s Akyem Project resulting in
violent clashes with police forces. Community members claimed they were being illegally relocated to an
inadequate camp. Furthermore, Newmont Ghana Gold was accused of poisoning the Subri River in the
Brong Ahafo Region where the company operates its Ahafo Gold Mine. Moreover, documents published
by Wikileaks in September showed that Newmont was allegedly responsible for a 2009 leak of highly
toxic cyanide from the same mine.
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