Mining companies have never cared about anything but cash money money. The Australian company Lafayette Phillipines Inc is no exception. That’s why when the Phillipine government signed a deal with the Australian company, allowing them to mine copper, gold, silver and zinc, many people in the Phillipines began to protest. In addition to the great worker risks of building a mine on a faultline, the mine has, in only a few months of operation, been responsible for releasing cyanide and other contaminants, resulting in massive fish kills and threatening the health of local peoples. Support the local protests and go to this Greenpeace page to send a letter to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo calling for the permanent closure of the mine and obligation for Lafayette to clean and rehabilitate the mine.
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Aug
06
Mining is a dangerous game to be in and carries a number of risks. So does driving motor cars but most people have one.
Bob - for your comparison between mining and cars to stay true, we’d need to get rid of a lot of the automotive safety standards and testing. the auto industry would systematically suppress findings about unsafe vehicles rather than recall the vehicles. And unlike cars, workers don’t own the mines. The people who pay the price or put themselves at risk are not the mine owners, its the workers and the people who live in the surrounding communities.
Is your argument to throw your hands up and say, “eh, things are shitty but that’s the way it is.” Cuz i believe its possible to work towards much safer and healthier alternatives than what we are seeing pushed in the mining industry today.