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UK mining companies complicit in abuse of poor says report

By staff writers
20 Nov 2007
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British mining corporations supported by the UK government, such as Vedanta Resources, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, are complicit in human rights abuse while making huge profits in developing countries.

This charge is made today by the anti-poverty charity War on Want in a report which attacks these and other UK companies for fuelling conflict and violence against vulnerable people.

It follows campaigns run by others, including Christian groups such as Catholic aid agency Cafod, del.icio.us [1]  Digg it [2]  Tailrank [3]  Reddit [4]  Newsvine [5]  Now Public [6]  Technorati [7]  StumbleUpon [8]  Facebook [9]

Keywords: anglo american [9] | bhp billiton [9] | fanning the flames [9] | global coal management [9] | mines and money world congress [9] | mining [9] | monterrico metals [9] | orissa [9] | oxus gold [9] | report [9] | rio tinto [9] | south africa [9] | vedanta [9] | vedanta resources [9] | war on want [9] | xstrata [9]
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