Haruna
Thanks for that brief outline on the thematic issue. Carnegie Mineral is an irresponsible corporation. I don't know what its corporate share holders are dealing with issues of corporate social responsibility. Haruna there are many more like Carnegie Mineral pursuing nothing order than corporate greed in that continent, neither do they care of our naturak commons (Environment)' human rights and social justice, local community development etc. They collaborate with illegal and corrupt regime to extract our natural resources only to enrich their corporate share holder and when they leave, they left with unending environmental damage. These damages can pollution of the ground water, surface water etc. These environmental ecotoxicogical problems can have a seroius implication on the population.
Haruna, many of us don't know about mining in the Gambia till when this Carnegie Mineral came into news. Yahya Jammeh regime is know for doing things without the involvement of the parliament and the national tender board. These corrupt and irreponsible regime have a lot of question to answer. We have a leader who has no morals and shameless parading in the television that Gambia is having Uranium just out of ignorance after collaborating a greed corporation to loot our people. Jammeh need a basic science lesson. Uranium ubiquitous throughout natural or biophysical environment. Natural uranium consist of 99.3% u-238 and 0.7% u-235. The most high grade and low grade is waht is commercially viable. The other found in granite, sedimentary rock and sea water are 4 part per million to 0.0003 part per million Uranium nor commercially viable. Our president need nothing order than a reality set up. He is a collaborator in such a case of corporate crime inflicted on to our people.
Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Sorry Karim. I forwarded the article in french for appreciation of our
francophone friends. Yahoo has a great translation platform (babelfish). I wonder
how we can interface with it here.
Anyway the article speaks of the just and more equitable accrual of profits
of mineral exploitation in Africa. Ce'de'ao is the french counterpart of
Ecowas, and in a gathering of this group held in Dakar on April 17th, the
subregional director of economic integration Mr. Mamadou Makhtarr Gueye suggests
African governments assume a more rigorous posture in their negotiations with
investors in mineral exploitation. The article buttresses Yahya's sophomoric
'contract' with Carnegie Minerals who also have exploitative operations in
Senegal.
The gathering was co-sponsored by OXFAM-America. The article goes on to
posit that only 5% of mine profits stays in the country of operation and the
activity itself only contributes less than 1% of GDP to the local economy. I echo
the concerns.
Karim, you're on your own for the other articles. I will give e-French
classes for $1000/hr. Are you interested? We will punish you for your
self-professed laziness in French.
Take care Karim, I love you. (Just don't get any funny ideas).
Haruna.
In a message dated 4/20/2008 1:54:25 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
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Hello Haruna
It is really not funny what is the article about. My humble brother the sub
ject matter is really interesting but I am really lost. You know how lazy
most of us are even during my high school day in Muslim High School,my french
teacher the most gentle, Late Balla Sillah may his soul rest in peace was a
Gambia we never show him as a role model to learn such a beautiful universal
language which I regret. Please the translation of the article will do.
Regards!
Haruna Darbo wrote:
Sénégal: La CEDEAO a estimé jeudi à Dakar que les mines profitent peu aux
Etats et aux populations d'Afrique de l'ouest et appelé à une exploitation
"juste et équitable" des richesses minières de la région
DAKAR, 17 avr 2008 - La Communauté économique des Etats d'Afrique de l'ouest
(Cédéao) a estimé jeudi à Dakar que les mines profitent peu aux Etats et aux
populations d'Afrique de l'ouest et appelé à une exploitation "juste et
équitable" des richesses minières de la région. "Les mines, qui constituent
une
richesse en Afrique, semblent porter en germe la malédiction même de notre
continent. Il s'agit d'encadrer les pratiques en vue de permettre aux Etats
de
négocier en position de force avec les investisseurs", a déclaré à la presse
Mamadou Makhtar Guèye, directeur de l'intégration économique de
l'organisation
sous-régionale.
"Le potentiel (minier) est là. Il s'agit de l'exploiter judicieusement à la
fois au profit des populations, des Etats, dans le respect de
l'environnement
et au profit des investisseurs, pourvu que ce jeu soit juste et équitable",
a-t-il dit lors de cette réunion organisée avec l'organisation humanitaire
Oxfam-America sur l'exploitation des richesses minières en Afrique de
l'ouest.
Selon le directeur régional d'Oxfam-America, Mamadou Biteye, "des
superprofits sont générés (dans l'exploitation minière) mais ne servent pas
à financer
les secteurs prioritaires du développement".
L'Afrique de l'Ouest attire depuis de plus en plus d'investisseurs dans le
domaine des mines. Le géant mondial de l'acier, Arcelor Mittal, qui projette
d'importants investissements au Sénégal après le Liberia, a décidé par
exemple
de faire de la région une de ses bases. "Dans la plupart des cas, c'est
moins de 5% de ces revenus (tirés des mines) qui restent dans les Etats et
la
contribution au PIB (produit intérieur brut) est aux alentours de 1%", a dit
Mamadou Biteye, dénonçant la "compétition à perte" entre les pays de la
région
pour attirer les investisseurs. La rencontre de Dakar, qui se tient jusqu'à
samedi, vise à valider par des ONG ouest-africaines un projet de code minier
élaboré par la Cédéao et Oxfam-America. Le code minier envisagé est destiné
à
mieux répartir les profits tirés des ressources minières entre les
compagnies
minières, les Etats et les populations, selon les organisateurs. "Il
convient
de saluer cette initiative qui va sans doute encadrer de façon rigoureuse, à
travers des normes communautaires, l'activité d'exploitation des ressources
minières dans notre sous-région", a estimé M. Guèye. La Cédéao regroupe 15
Etats: Bénin, Burkina, Cap-Vert, Gambie, Ghana, Guinée-Bissau, Côte
d'Ivoire,
Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Guinée, Sierra Leone, Sénégal, Togo.
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