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13 Set 2023

Author:
The Canary

Madagascar: Rio Tinto's QMM mine accused of polluting practices including water contamination

"Campaigners call out a polluting Rio Tinto mine project damaging Madagascan communities", 13 September 2023

...On 6 August, a group of UK-based campaigners called out the company in solidarity with the impacted Madagascan communities. Members of campaign groups Ekō, the Andrew Lees Trust (ALT UK), Publish What You Pay Madagascar (PWYP MG), and the London Mining Network delivered a 77,000-strong petition to Rio Tinto’s head office in London.

In particular, the groups are urging the mining corporation to stop its polluting practices at the site. The petition also demands that Rio Tinto commits to allow an independent investigation into issues of water contamination at the mining operation...

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