Difference between revisions of "African Minerals"
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==People== | ==People== | ||
*[[Graham Foyle-Twining]], Global head of Human Resources and Sustainable Development | *[[Graham Foyle-Twining]], Global head of Human Resources and Sustainable Development | ||
*[[Mike Jones]] | *[[Mike Jones]] | ||
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| + | *[[Lord Truscott]] Non-executive director and consultant to African Minerals (UK) Ltd appointed April 2008, approved by the [[ACOBA]]. Truscott only continued this role until 2009 but retains shareholdings in the company. | ||
==Lobbying and PR firms== | ==Lobbying and PR firms== | ||
*[[Tavistock Communications]] - [[Jos Simson]] / [[Nuala Gallagher]] | *[[Tavistock Communications]] - [[Jos Simson]] / [[Nuala Gallagher]] | ||
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| + | ==Affiliations== | ||
| + | *British hedge fund [[RAB Capital]]'s Situations Company Ltd has invested in this company | ||
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| + | ==Contact details== | ||
| + | :African Minerals Limited | ||
| + | :5 Stratton Street | ||
| + | :London W1J 8LA | ||
==External resources== | ==External resources== | ||
*Human Rights Watch, 'Whose Development? Human Rights Abuses in Sierra Leone’s Mining Boom' | *Human Rights Watch, 'Whose Development? Human Rights Abuses in Sierra Leone’s Mining Boom' | ||
| − | :This 96-page report documents how the government and London-based African Minerals Limited forcibly relocated hundreds of families from verdant slopes to a flat, arid area in Tonkolili District. As a result, residents lost their ability to cultivate crops and engage in income generating activities that once sustained them. Police carried out a bloody crackdown in the town of Bumbuna in April 2012 to quell a protest by workers who went on strike after being barred from forming a union of their own choosing. <ref> [https://www.hrw.org/reports/2014/02/19/whose-development-0 Whose Development?], Human Rights Watch, | + | ::This 96-page report documents how the government and London-based African Minerals Limited forcibly relocated hundreds of families from verdant slopes to a flat, arid area in Tonkolili District. As a result, residents lost their ability to cultivate crops and engage in income generating activities that once sustained them. Police carried out a bloody crackdown in the town of Bumbuna in April 2012 to quell a protest by workers who went on strike after being barred from forming a union of their own choosing. <ref> [https://www.hrw.org/reports/2014/02/19/whose-development-0 Whose Development?], Human Rights Watch, 19 February 2014 </ref> |
*African Minerals, [http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/related_material/AfricanMineralsReply.pdf Emailed Statement from African Minerals in response to Human Rights Watch Report], undated. | *African Minerals, [http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/related_material/AfricanMineralsReply.pdf Emailed Statement from African Minerals in response to Human Rights Watch Report], undated. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:20, 18 November 2014
Contents
People
- Graham Foyle-Twining, Global head of Human Resources and Sustainable Development
- Mike Jones
- Lord Truscott Non-executive director and consultant to African Minerals (UK) Ltd appointed April 2008, approved by the ACOBA. Truscott only continued this role until 2009 but retains shareholdings in the company.
Lobbying and PR firms
Affiliations
- British hedge fund RAB Capital's Situations Company Ltd has invested in this company
Contact details
- African Minerals Limited
- 5 Stratton Street
- London W1J 8LA
External resources
- Human Rights Watch, 'Whose Development? Human Rights Abuses in Sierra Leone’s Mining Boom'
- This 96-page report documents how the government and London-based African Minerals Limited forcibly relocated hundreds of families from verdant slopes to a flat, arid area in Tonkolili District. As a result, residents lost their ability to cultivate crops and engage in income generating activities that once sustained them. Police carried out a bloody crackdown in the town of Bumbuna in April 2012 to quell a protest by workers who went on strike after being barred from forming a union of their own choosing. [1]
- African Minerals, Emailed Statement from African Minerals in response to Human Rights Watch Report, undated.
Notes
- ↑ Whose Development?, Human Rights Watch, 19 February 2014
