Una de las naciones más afectadas es la República Democrática del Congo. Varias ONG denuncian que allí trabajan unos 40.000 menores para extraer gran parte del cobalto que se emplea para la fabricación de las baterías modernas, utilizadas en los teléfonos de última generación y coches eléctricos más modernos.
Me estaba preguntando cuanto dinero dejan en el Congo las minas industrializadas y si será suficiente para alimentar, poner educación y salud a todos estos menores y sus padres.
Deberia ser, pero se lo tienen que montar primero antes de montar cualquier mina.
Qué lástima.. si en vez de niños congoleños fueran venezolanos, estaríamos todos los españoles estremecidos e indignados. Ya me veo mañana al telediario Antena 3 abriendo los informativos con esta noticia.
"He added that the government owes mining companies about $700 million on VAT reimbursement going back several years.
...
He added that companies “need the help of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo during this constraining period.”
Sí, mira, las compañias mineras tambien necesitan ayuda, como esos niños. Pobres compañias mineras.
Y despues tras ver esto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
Me da la sensación de que el banco mundial y el fmi lo unico que tienen son medidas capitalistas y neoliberales que lo que hacen es eso, exacerbar la competición (que simplemente es un sustituto de la guerra pero que no sirve cuando el pais está asi ¿no?)
Ellos quieren su cobalto y su dinero, pero las externalidades que provocan no son su "core" y ese es el problema. Son mas parte del problema que de la solucción.
#8 Aqui están unos personajes clave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo "In September 2004, state-owned Gécamines signed an agreement with Global Enterprises Corporate (GEC), a company formed by the merger of Dan Gertler International (DGI) with Beny Steinmetz Global, to rehabilitate and operate the Kananga and Tilwezembe copper mines. The deal was ratified by presidential decree. In 2007, a World Bank report reviewed DR Congo's three biggest mining contracts, finding that the 2005 deals, including one with Global Enterprises Company, were approved with "a complete lack of transparency" (Mahtani, 3 January 2007).[114][115][116] Gertler and Steinmetz put GEC's 75% share in Komoto Oliveira Virgule (KOV), the project made of up of Tilwezembe and Kananga, along with the Kolwesi concentrator, into Nikanor plc. Registered in the Isle of Man, reached a market capitalization of $1.5 billion by 2007.[115] In February 2007, 22% of the Nikanor Mining company was owned by the Gertner Family Trust and 14% by Dan Gertler.[117] In January 2008 Katanga Mining acquired Nikanor for $452 million[116]
In April 2006, Gertler's DGI took a major stake in DEM Mining, a cobalt-copper mining and services company based in Katanga.[115] In June 2006, Gertler bought Tremalt from the Zimbabwean businessman John Bredenkamp for about $60 million. Tremalt had a half share in the Mukondo Mine. In 2007 Tremalt was owned by Prairie International Ltd, of which Dan Gertler's family trust was a major shareholder. Tremalt owned 80% of Savannah Mining, which held concessions C17 and C18 in Katanga Province and 50% of the Mukondo project. The other 50% of Mukonda was held by Boss Mining, which in turn was 80% owned by Central African Mining & Exploration Company (CAMEC). Boss Mining had rented and operated Bredenkamp's half of Mukondo. Gertler terminated this arrangement.[115]
Katanga Mining Limited, a Swiss-owned company, owns the Luilu Metallurgical Plant, which has a capacity of 175,000 tonnes of copper and 8,000 tonnes of cobalt per year, making it the largest cobalt refinery in the world. After a major rehabilitation program, the company resumed copper production operations in December 2007 and cobalt production in May 2008.[118]
In April 2013, anti-corruption NGOs revealed that Congolese tax authorities had failed to account for $88 million from the mining sector, despite booming production and positive industrial performance. The missing funds date from 2010 and tax bodies should have paid them into the central bank.[119] Later in 2013, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative suspended the country's candidacy for membership due to insufficient reporting, monitoring and independent audits, but in July 2013 the country improved its accounting and transparency practices to the point where the EITI gave the country full membership."
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Me estaba preguntando cuanto dinero dejan en el Congo las minas industrializadas y si será suficiente para alimentar, poner educación y salud a todos estos menores y sus padres.
Deberia ser, pero se lo tienen que montar primero antes de montar cualquier mina.
He visto esto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
Shedding light on why mining companies in eastern Congo are under attack
http://theconversation.com/shedding-light-on-why-mining-companies-in-eastern-congo-are-under-attack-82922
¿los explotadores de niños de la recogida artesanal son "empresas" informales?
¿cómo están organizados?
Qué lástima.. si en vez de niños congoleños fueran venezolanos, estaríamos todos los españoles estremecidos e indignados.
Ya me veo mañana al telediario Antena 3 abriendo los informativos con esta noticia.
El Congo y la gran despensa minera de África (2008)
https://www.diagonalperiodico.net/global/congo-y-la-gran-despensa-minera-africa.html
"se trata de la zona más rica en recursos minerales de todo el planeta."
Congo reinstates VAT on imports for mining companies
https://www.reuters.com/article/congo-mining-idUSL2N1KY09D
"He added that the government owes mining companies about $700 million on VAT reimbursement going back several years.
...
He added that companies “need the help of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo during this constraining period.”
Sí, mira, las compañias mineras tambien necesitan ayuda, como esos niños. Pobres compañias mineras.
Y despues tras ver esto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
Me da la sensación de que el banco mundial y el fmi lo unico que tienen son medidas capitalistas y neoliberales que lo que hacen es eso, exacerbar la competición (que simplemente es un sustituto de la guerra pero que no sirve cuando el pais está asi ¿no?)
Los propios valores de muchas de las ideologias del capitalismo, no resuelven los problemas sino que los empeoran si antes no se ha impulsado cierta igualdad de otra forma.
Teoría del Derecho: Cataluña, Iron-Man, Auschwitz y chimpancés gays/c69#c-69
Everyone wants cobalt, but few want to get tangled up in the world’s largest producing nation
https://qz.com/1087495/cobalt-miners-are-leaving-dr-congo-for-canada-and-europe-to-meet-demand/
Ellos quieren su cobalto y su dinero, pero las externalidades que provocan no son su "core" y ese es el problema. Son mas parte del problema que de la solucción.
Everything you need to know about Glencore, Dan Gertler and their interest in DRC
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/05/what-is-glencore-who-is-dan-gertler-drc-mining
#8 Aqui están unos personajes clave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
"In September 2004, state-owned Gécamines signed an agreement with Global Enterprises Corporate (GEC), a company formed by the merger of Dan Gertler International (DGI) with Beny Steinmetz Global, to rehabilitate and operate the Kananga and Tilwezembe copper mines. The deal was ratified by presidential decree. In 2007, a World Bank report reviewed DR Congo's three biggest mining contracts, finding that the 2005 deals, including one with Global Enterprises Company, were approved with "a complete lack of transparency" (Mahtani, 3 January 2007).[114][115][116] Gertler and Steinmetz put GEC's 75% share in Komoto Oliveira Virgule (KOV), the project made of up of Tilwezembe and Kananga, along with the Kolwesi concentrator, into Nikanor plc. Registered in the Isle of Man, reached a market capitalization of $1.5 billion by 2007.[115] In February 2007, 22% of the Nikanor Mining company was owned by the Gertner Family Trust and 14% by Dan Gertler.[117] In January 2008 Katanga Mining acquired Nikanor for $452 million[116]
In April 2006, Gertler's DGI took a major stake in DEM Mining, a cobalt-copper mining and services company based in Katanga.[115] In June 2006, Gertler bought Tremalt from the Zimbabwean businessman John Bredenkamp for about $60 million. Tremalt had a half share in the Mukondo Mine. In 2007 Tremalt was owned by Prairie International Ltd, of which Dan Gertler's family trust was a major shareholder. Tremalt owned 80% of Savannah Mining, which held concessions C17 and C18 in Katanga Province and 50% of the Mukondo project. The other 50% of Mukonda was held by Boss Mining, which in turn was 80% owned by Central African Mining & Exploration Company (CAMEC). Boss Mining had rented and operated Bredenkamp's half of Mukondo. Gertler terminated this arrangement.[115]
Katanga Mining Limited, a Swiss-owned company, owns the Luilu Metallurgical Plant, which has a capacity of 175,000 tonnes of copper and 8,000 tonnes of cobalt per year, making it the largest cobalt refinery in the world. After a major rehabilitation program, the company resumed copper production operations in December 2007 and cobalt production in May 2008.[118]
In April 2013, anti-corruption NGOs revealed that Congolese tax authorities had failed to account for $88 million from the mining sector, despite booming production and positive industrial performance. The missing funds date from 2010 and tax bodies should have paid them into the central bank.[119] Later in 2013, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative suspended the country's candidacy for membership due to insufficient reporting, monitoring and independent audits, but in July 2013 the country improved its accounting and transparency practices to the point where the EITI gave the country full membership."
Glencore Buys Out Billionaire With $1 Billion Congo Mining Deal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-13/glencore-said-to-agree-on-gertler-buyout-in-960-million-deal
Glencore paid $100m to Dan Gertler in Congo deals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/03/03/glencore-paid-100m-dan-gertler-congo-deals/
Why Glencore bought Israeli tycoon out of Congo mines
https://www.ft.com/content/8c4de26e-0366-11e7-ace0-1ce02ef0def9
#10 Los nuevos ricos de Glencore
https://elpais.com/diario/2011/05/08/economia/1304805604_850215.html
Joder con los suizos, su capitalismo y su corrupción
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glencore
Estan en Zug el canton mas corrupto (de corrupción privada y opaca que no se ve, "si no lo veo, no es ilegal" 9 peticiones que una empresa no le puede hacer a un autónomo o frelance/c99#c-99 , facilitador de la corrupción mundial) de Suiza. Solo faltaba que la sede de transparencia internacional estuviese alli.
Multinacionales a la sombra de los Alpes (2013)
Multinacionales a la sombra de los Alpes
Multinacionales a la sombra de los Alpes
lavanguardia.com¿mira quienes están en el bitcoin y lo que dicen?
No new legislation necessary to monitor blockchain companies
http://www.zug4you.ch/no_new_legislation_necessary_to_monitor_blockchain_companies.html
Otra vez, "si no lo veo, no es ilegal"
Zug: Switzerland’s Crypto Valley
https://www.ethnews.com/zug-switzerlands-crypto-valley
"and its accommodating laws and regulations."
Estos serán a los que me referia aqui El BCE abre la puerta a regular las criptomonedas con el bitcoin disparado por encima de 8.000 dólares/c161#c-161
Y justo los mismos protectores del dinero de los mas corruptos entre los corruptos.
Swiss court releases Mobutu money (2009)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8150770.stm
Switzerland says legal proceedings brought by the Democratic Republic of Congo to retrieve frozen assets of the late president Mobutu Sese Seko are being stopped.(2009)
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/mobutu-family-set-to-recover-frozen-assets/7351038
Lawyer warns against returning Mobutu assets (2009)
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/lawyer-warns-against-returning-mobutu-assets/7365572
#12 Serán minarquistas de conveniencia, una de las sectas neoliberales. El convenientismo del que hablaba.
En torno la filosofía política del neoliberalismo: Ann Ryan, Leo Strauss y el horror neoliberal que avanza. Una reflexión (2014)
https://dedona.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/sobre-ayn-rand-strauss-y-el-horror-liberal-que-avanza/
Un poco escueto el artículo