Category - Anglo American

Brown slated over ‘cynical’ poverty event

agency reporter — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:13:39 +0000

British prime minister Gordon Brown today faces heavy criticism for launching his Business Call to Action on global poverty alongside corporations that have been widely attacked for deepening poverty and undermining human rights.

UK mining companies complicit in abuse of poor says report

staff writers — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:01:57 +0000

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.