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Wednesday, 30 June 2010
 This article is only available in Danish.
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Wednesday, 09 June 2010
 Danish DONG and Swedish Vattenfall get a large amount of the coal for their power plants from one Colombian mine, the Cerrejón mine. This video report shows how Danish coal consumption is contributing to negative consequences for the people living in the area.
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Monday, 10 May 2010
 In a new report Concord Danmark and DanWatch are drawing attention to the severe lack of taxation legislation which is responsible for keeping Ghana and other developing countries, which are rich in natural resources, in poverty.
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010
 DanWatch and Concord Danmark have released a new report on the gold industry in Ghana and how mining companies move profits out of Africa taking advantage of loopholes in EU accounting regulation and European tax havens. The report is based on the DanWatch report Unrestrained Consumption on Africa's Expense.
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Friday, 19 March 2010
 Despite their low tax contributions, the mining industry nonetheless does contribute to Ghana's economy. However, the industry also entails large socio-economic and environmental costs for the country. The current tax revenues are not sufficient to cover the costs.
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Friday, 19 March 2010
 Although Ghana is Africa's second largest manufacturer of gold, it is one of the least developed nations. The gold is harvested by international mining companies, who take advantage of Ghana's lenient tax rules.
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Friday, 19 March 2010
Although Ghana is Africa's second largest manufacturer of gold, it
is one of the least developed nations. The gold is harvested
by international mining companies who take advantage of Ghana's
lenient tax rules. A new report by DanWatch puts focus on the
consequences of mining in African countries.
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Friday, 12 February 2010
 Minister of Finance Claus Hjort Frederiksen (V) had to to plead ignorance on many of the questions posed by the members of the Energy Policy Committee at the open consultation, concerning DONG’s involvement with the Cerrejón mine in Colombia.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
A large amount of the coal that ends up in DONG's and Vattenfall's power plants comes from a single mine in Colombia. In 2008, the Cerrejón mine covered 27 per cent - corresponding to two million tons - of Denmark's total coal consumption. The report documents some of the mine's negative consequences for health and life quality amongst mine workers and the population in the surrounding areas.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
 Mine workers become disabled, and neighbours are slowly suffocated by pollution. Despite a promise from 2006, DONG has never checked the mine that supplies one-fourth of Denmark's coal, while Vattenfall calls it ”world class”.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
 Three coal mine workers tell about the afflictions that they believe
they have contracted due to the work in the mine. They are all
disappointed with the mining company's treatment.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
This article is only available in Danish.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
This article is only available in Danish.
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Friday, 30 May 2008
The report 'Bad Connections: How your mobile phone is linked to
abuse, fraud and unfair mining practices in DR Congo' documents that
cell phone providers do not do enough to accomodate the UN's and
other organisations' recommendations.
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