As reported by the BBC, “Who Pays the Price for Platinum?” indigenous people in several communities in South Africa are being displaced by a platinum mine being developed by Anglo American, a global mining company. Several hundred residents around the third largest mining operation in the world are refusing to be displaced despite efforts by the company and the South African government to force them off their ancestral lands.
“Mining giant Anglo American courts prime ministers and presidents, keen to be seen as leading the way in corporate responsibility,” note the BBC account of the events.
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