A UN report on human rights abuses in Eritrea has unearthed new allegations of forced labor at a Canadian-owned mine. According to the report, released this week, some of the most atrocious human ...

UK legislators criticise mining companies for colluding with Eritrean Govt. over use of forced labour in extractive industry Date: 29 Dec 2014 Content Type: Article; Allegations of forced labour at Eritrean mine are ''unfounded", says Canadian mining firm Nevsun Date: 14 Dec 2014 Content Type: Article

The Canadian company controls a 60 per cent interest in Eritrea's first fully functioning mine. It began gold production in 2011 and has produced $614 million worth of ore, said Human Rights Watch.

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In 2010, a Canadian mining company started off with its mining operations in Eritrea at the time when foreign mining companies were finding it difficult to work with the Eritrean Government. The country's GDP as of 2011 was $4.089 billion. ... Gold mining in Eritrea was carried out in the VMS deposits in 2010. A treatment plant at the Bisha ...

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Bisha mine alone has contributed more than $755 million to the nation's economy since it began production in 2010, according to Nevsun, the Canadian miner that owns 60% of the mine. The other 40 ...

Eritrea was, until 2018, on the UN's sanctions list. The document estimated that Colluli would contribute 3% of the country's GDP by 2021 and 50% of the nation's exports by 2030, while ...

Nevsun is partners with the government of Eritrea through the Bisha Mining Share Company (BMSC). The mine is 40 per cent owned by the Eritrean National Mining Corporation (ENAMCO).

Eritrean former employees of a Canadian mining company that previously operated in Eritrea have filed a lawsuit in Canadian court against the company for alleged violations of their human rights, including claims of forced labor. ... continues to pose reputational risks for organizations doing work in Eritrea. A Canadian company that used to ...

In 2020, 730 Canadian mining and exploration companies had assets in 97 foreign countries valued at $150bn (188.2 billion Canadian dollars), the ministry reported.

The Australian mining company Danakali and the Eritrean government share the project 50-50. The largest known deposit of potash or SOP in the world exists in Eritrea. Globally, SOP is currently consumed at a rate of seven million tonnes annually. ... Canadian mining company Nevsun Resource had a 60 percent stake in the Bisha …

The Bisha project is located 150km west of Asmara in the Gash-Barka region of Eritrea, East Africa. It includes mining licences covering 16.5km², a mining agreement covering 39km² and an exploration licence for another 71km². Two other mining sites – Bisha main and the north-west zone – also lie within the mining licence of the Bisha ...

(CBC, by Yvette Brend, Oct 23, 2020) 3 refugees from Eritrea alleged forced work at a gold, copper and zinc mine controlled by Nevsun. A human rights lawsuit alleging slavery and torture has been settled outside of court with a Canadian mining company for an undisclosed but "significant" amount, according to Amnesty International.

Since Nevsun owns 60% of the Bisha Mining Share Company, which owns and operates the mine (the other 40% is owned by the Eritrean government), the plaintiffs claim the Canadian company must have ...

October 25, 2020. ( Amnesty International, Oct 23, 2020) Canadian companies must take responsibility for human rights abuses abroad, says human rights organization. Amnesty International is welcoming news that a group of Eritrean plaintiffs have reached an out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit against Canadian mining company, Nevsun Resources.

A report by Human Rights Watch says Nevsun Resources Ltd. failed to ensure that forced labour wasn't used in the construction of its mine in Eritrea. Jan. 15, 2013 2 min read

Those Canadian companies include Sun Peak Metals, whose President and CEO oversaw a mine in Eritrea where the company was accused of using slave labour, and East Africa Mining, which has invested USD $66 million in exploration in Africa since 2005 and identified 2.8 million ounces of gold and gold-equivalent resources in …

A Vancouver-based mining company that struck gold in the small East African country of Eritrea is being accused in a B.C. lawsuit of permitting forced labour to be used in the construction of its ...

Sunridge Gold Corp. is a Canadian junior development company that has successfully defined four independently estimated NI 43-101 mineral deposits on the Asmara Project in Eritrea. A feasibility ...

Nevsun was acquired by Zijin Mining Group Company in late 2018. The plaintiffs alleged that Nevsun — through the Bisha Mine Share Company, its Eritrean subsidiary, and in complicity with the government and military of the State of Eritrea, a country in Eastern Africa — committed gross human rights violations such as slavery, …

Eritrea has a wide variety of minerals ranging from gold to potash. In 2015 exports of mineral ore exceeded 95 % of the state's total exports and were valued at slightly over $424 million. Nevsun Resources, a Canadian mining company, holds the license to mine in the Bisha mine which is 93 miles west of the capital Asmara.

Nevsun Resources (Canada) owns of Nevsun (Barbados) Holdings Ltd., which owns Nevsun Africa (Barbados) Ltd., which owns of Nevsun Resources (Eritrea) Ltd., which owns 60% of the Bisha...

In 2020 a Canadian mining company settled a lawsuit brought by three Eritrean workers for abuses they suffered at a site in Africa. "We are fighting for all Indigenous peoples to …

Australia's Danakali has divested its 50% stake in the Colluli Mining Share Company (CMSC), which owns the Colluli potash project in Eritrea to China's Sichuan Road and Bridge Group (SRBG). CMSC was established as a 50:50 joint venture between Danakali and Eritrean National Mining Corporation (ENAMCO) for developing the Colluli …

Published Friday, September 4, 2015 12:20PM EDT. Workers are shown smelting gold at the Bisha mine in Eritrea in this undated photo. CALGARY -- Canadian mining company Nevsun Resources is ...

Bisha Mining Share Company is owned as to 60 per cent by Nevsun, with the Eritrean National Mining Corporation owning the remaining 40 per cent. For the construction of the Bisha mine, the local company hired a South African company, which in turn subcontracted works to two Eritrean construction companies.

In 2010, a Canadian mining company started off with its mining operations in Eritrea at the time when foreign mining companies were finding it difficult to work with the Eritrean Government. The country's …

"Nevsun is a company bound by Canadian law. It is not 'plain and obvious' to me that the Eritrean workers' claims against Nevsun based on breaches of customary international law cannot ...

Sixty-per-cent of Bisha, which is located 150km west of Asmara, is owned by the Canadian miner, while the other 40% belongs to companies run by the Eritrean government.

Media reports from East Africa on Saturday claimed that a gold mine partly owned by Canadian company Nevsun Resources (NYSE:NSU, TSX:NSU) was hit by Ethiopian fighter jets. At least two media ...

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in February 2020 that a lawsuit could proceed against another Canadian mining company over activities in Eritrea. The parties reached a settlement in October. The ...

By Lionel Williams – Editor, miningreviewThe emergence in the first quarter of this year of the first modern-day mine in Eritrea, Canadian-based Nevsun Resources Limited's low cost, high grade Bisha goldcopper operation, marks an historic milestone in the development of the country that straddles the horn of Africa as a low-key …

Three former Eritrean mine workers claim Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX:NSU) was complicit in the Eritrean government's use of conscripted labour and other human rights abuses at the company's ...

October 9, 2016. (London, 9 October, 2016) In a landmark ruling, three Eritreans have won the right to be heard in a Canadian court in a modern slavery case against a Canadian mining company. In a 160-page ruling, the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed the efforts of the mining company, Nevsun Resources Limited, to block the case from ...

Sunpeak's January report also states the company has projects in Eritrea along the Arabian Nubian Shield. Nonetheless, both Sun Peak and Axum Metals are among the 27 mining firms whose concessions are set to be revoked by the Tigray Interim Administration (TIA) Bureau of Land and Mining.

Delegates at UN take aim at Canadian government and mining companies. By Angel Moore. Apr 16, 2024. Concerns over how Canadian mining companies are …

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CALGARY -- Canadian mining company Nevsun Resources is defending its operations in Eritrea following a damning …