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Sierra Leone NGO to Greenland: careful what you sign with London Mining

Aminata Kelly-Lamin from the Network Movement for Justice and Development, a Sierra Leonean NGO, to Politiken: "My advice to Greenland would be that they should be very careful with what they write in their agreements with London Mining." London's Mining alleged failure to live up to its promises on local recruitment and environmental protection, as well as rather generous tax exemptions it benefited from, have led to criticism from local and international NGOs and protests at its Marampa iron ore mine. Some unrest earlier this month led the company to halt operations at the mine for a few hours.

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unrest at London Mining site in Sierra Leone

As London Mining's hiring and environmental practices at the Marampa iron ore mine in Sierra Leone attracted criticism from a local NGO and a Parliament committee, nearly a hundred youth from nearby villages entered the site and caused the company to halt operations for a few hours, a London Mining statement informs. Although the cause of the unrest is unclear, the wording of government agency responses as reported by newspaper Awoko suggests local discontent against the company might be the motivation. One salient grievance would seem to be the flooding that affected Manonkoh village last year and is blamed on London Mining. The company has since donated food and supplies to Manonkoh villagers. Protests at the Marampa site have taken place in the past.

London Mining has recently received an exploitation license for the Isua mine in Greenland, a rather large project expected to require the import of Chinese labour. There's more about it in my article on the topic from a few months ago, and a few more recent posts.

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Sierra Leone: NGO criticises London Mining

Local advocacy group Health Network Sierra Leone called last week for a suspension of UK-based London Mining's activities at the Marampa iron ore site, Awoko reports. The organisation accuses London Mining of not employing enough locals in the operations and damaging the environment, and sees the company in a "pecuniary conspiracy" with government officials. A government environmental watchdog produced a strongly-worded, all-caps statement which denies the NGO's accusations have "a scintilla of merit", while largely avoiding responsibility for any issues related to the project beyond "the rehabilitation of mined out areas".

London Mining started producing iron ore at Marampa in 2011. Their other operations have included the Xiaonanshan 小南山 mine in Anhui, China, and, notably, a large project in Isua, Greenland, for which they finally received an exploitation licence.

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