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24 Oct 2007

Author:
Rod Harbinson, Panos London, for Friends of the Earth

[PDF] full report: "Development recast? A review of the impact of the Rio Tinto ilmenite mine in Southern Madagascar

In 2005 QIT Madagascar Mining S.A. (QMM) – a subsidiary of Rio Tinto - was granted approval by the Government of Madagascar to go ahead with an ilmenite mine near Fort Dauphin… QMM made various commitments to mitigating the environmental and social impacts brought about by the project and implementation of many of these are currently taking place… This report is an assessment of the effects of the QMM project on the ground according to some of the many stakeholders involved or affected by it…

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