Côte d’Ivoire: Ity mine donates school kits worth more than 5.5 million FCFA
With the start of the new school year, Ity Mining Company (Société des Mines d'Ity - SMI) has donated 91 school kits to schoolchildren in villages affected by its activities.The kits, worth 5.5 million CFA francs, consist of bags, clothing, exercise books, books, pens and pencils. The kits are intended to provide parents with some relief at the start...
Mauritania: 16 tonnes of gold produced in 2022
Mauritania's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) published its 2022 report on 14 October 2023. Drawn up by an independent administrator, the report details the types of minerals and quantities produced by the 3 companies operating in Mauritania.The minerals produced in Mauritania are gold, copper, iron and silver. Three mining companies exploit these resources: Tasiast Mauritania Limited SA (TMLSA), Mauritania...
DR Congo: Expulsion of local people to make way for the expansion of industrial mines
Industrial mining in some African countries does not necessarily go hand in hand with the happiness of the host populations. Mining industry expansion projects leave local populations in vulnerable situations. In one of its publications, Amnesty International reported on the expulsion of local people to make way for the expansion of industrial cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic...
Côte d’Ivoire: Agricultural and mining companies combat illegal gold panning
A workshop to evaluate the implementation of the recommendations on the fight against illegal and clandestine gold panning was held on Wednesday 18 October 2023 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. During the workshop, the organisers concluded that the current crackdown had been unsuccessful and proposed 39 measures, including a systematic and immediate halt to illegal and clandestine gold panning throughout...
Essakane mine: collective wedding of 17 employee couples
On Saturday 21 October 2023, 17 couples from the Essakane gold mine got married at Dori town hall. They received a copy of the marriage certificate in the presence of their witnesses, administrative, political and customary authorities, families, friends and colleagues who had come in large numbers to attend the event. The collective marriage ceremony was organised by the...
Endeavour mining: Raising awareness of cancer, particularly breast and cervical cancer
Worthy words:"In previous years, we did it amongst ourselves, the women of the association. This year, we chose the high school so that the message would carry more weight. The headmistress has signed up to the initiative. The aim is to raise awareness among teachers and pupils". Dahany Myriame, President of the Endeavour Mining Women's Association;"Breast and cervical cancers...
Endeavour mining: Raising awareness of breast and cervical cancer among schoolchildren
On 18 October 2023, the Endeavour Mining Women's Association organised a cancer awareness session at Marie Immaculée College in Ouagadougou. The aim of this awareness-raising event is to give schoolchildren the tools they need to fight breast and cervical cancer."Breast cancer affects 99% of women and 1% of men (...). In gynaecology, breast cancer is the most common, followed...
Guinea Conakry: Corruption in the collection of mining revenues
Tax exemptions for specific mining companies without valid reasonReducing the amount of tax reassessmentsPolitical interference in tax auditsThe "diagnostic report on corruption in the mining sector in Guinea" describes existing forms of corruption in the Guinean mining sector. It was published by the Civil Society College of the Guinean Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Steering Committee, supported by the...
Guinea Conakry: Corruption in the granting of mining titles
Collusion and favouritismPayment of a bribe to obtain a favourable opinionGranting of mining rights to politically exposed mining companiesThe Civil Society College of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Steering Committee has decided to undertake a diagnostic of the risks of corruption in the extractive sector in Guinea. The "diagnostic report on corruption in the mining sector in Guinea",...
Education: The IAMGOLD Essakane SA mine donates 90 computers to 9 schools in the Sahel region
On 10 October 2023, the mining company IAMGOLD Essakane SA handed over computers to 9 schools in the Sahel region. The official handover ceremony took place on the Essakane mine site in the presence of the chairmen of the special delegations of Falagountou and Dori and Denis Doucet, Director of Operations and representative of the CEO of Iamgold Essakane...
