RepRisk Releases Report on Top 10 Most Controversial Mining Projects
September 01 2014 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
RepRisk has released its latest Special Report on the 10 Most
Controversial Mining Projects. These projects have attracted the
most criticism related to environmental, social and governance
(ESG) issues in the past two years, based on RepRisk’s ESG business
intelligence.
The mines are located around the world in developed as well as
developing countries, extracting coal and a variety of metals.
The issues covered range from health and safety problems, poor
working conditions and human rights abuses to impacts on the
environment and local communities.
A South African platinum mine topped the list as demonstrations
held by miners over poor working conditions and pay turned into
fatal clashes with the police and mineworkers union, while a
Turkish coal mine was ranked in second place after 301 miners died
in the country's worst mining accident in May this year.
For the full list of projects and the complete report click
here: Most Controversial Mining Projects
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On a daily basis, RepRisk systematically collects and analyzes
criticism, controversies and negative incidents related to an
unlimited universe of companies and projects worldwide. It does so
in 14 languages from thousands of public sources and third parties
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governmental bodies. These numbers are continuously growing as
relevant ESG information is added.
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