· Eritrea''s first mine, Bisha Mining Share Company, is a 24- hour operation that employs about 1,500 people. It is expected to produce copper and zinc until 2025. More exploration in nearby Harena and Mogoraib River could extend its life. "We expect that the Bisha mine will go on for decades, with the state as its partner," said Cliff Davis ...
· A Vancouver-based mining company that struck gold in the small East African country of Eritrea is being accused in a B.C. lawsuit of permitting forced labour to be used in the construction of its ...
· A company that has been implicated in coercive labour practices in Eritrea is Segen Construction, a government-owned business that received a contract to build infrastructure for the Bisha copper mine, which is jointly owned by the Eritrean government and by Nevsun Resources, a Canadian mining company.
· TORONTO, Sept 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of men drafted into Eritrea''s army were used as forced labour to build a Canadian company''s copper-gold mine in central Eritrea ...
Canadian mine targeted in Eritrea: African media reports. Media reports from East Africa on Saturday claimed that a gold mine partly owned by Canadian company …
· Bisha Mine Location. Source – Nesvun. Ethiopian Air Force reportedly attacked two locations inside Eritrea on March 20,2015 says Tigrayonline – ardent pro-Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) online news provider.Bisha gold mining site which is located 150 kilometers west of the Eritrean capital Asmara and arsenal at Mai Edaga were targets of the airstrike according to Tigrayonline.
· The attack came one day after the Canadian miner had declared that its Kumtor gold mine operations were largely unaffected due to the political unrest in the country. The company had stated that it is taking all possible precautions to ensure the safety of its employees and operations.
· In 2018, Canadian companies had mining assets in 100 countries abroad, valued at $174.4 billion. This made up two-thirds of total Canadian mining assets. Among the 100 countries was Eritrea, where the operations of the gold, copper and zinc Bisha mine gave rise to one of the most closely observed pieces of litigation in Canada in recent years ...
· The second target, Bisha gold mine site, is some 75 km away from the closest Ethiopian border and some 95km afar from Asmara by air distance. A Canadian company, Nevsun, and the government of Eritrea jointly own the mining project. The attack on the two locations is very likely to have been conducted by missile, though a couple of Ethiopian and ...
Gold mining in Eritrea was carried out in the VMS deposits in 2010. A treatment plant at the Bisha Mine was commissioned by the Nevsun that hoped to commence with its commercial production in 2011. A feasibility study on the Debarwa gold, copper, zinc, and silver deposit was …
· Gold miners are expanding their focus in Africa to the northeast of the continent, a region that in the past, was largely bypassed by gold explorers. Northeast Africa already has a few gold deposits in the threshold size of one million troy ounces (the size limit the usually piques the attention of bigger miners.) Eritrea first gained mineral exploration interest due to other significant finds ...
Nevsun Resources'' (NYSEMKT:NSU) Bisha gold mine in Eritrea reportedly was hit by Ethiopian fighter jets over the weekend, but the company reports only "an act of vandalism." Eritrea won ...
· Nevsun Resources'' (NYSEMKT:NSU) Bisha gold mine in Eritrea reportedly was hit by Ethiopian fighter jets over the weekend, but the company reports only "an act of vandalism." Eritrea …
· Sudanese newspaper Al-Sahafa was the first to report that the attack was a military operation from Ethiopia. "The Bisha gold mine which is about 150 km from the city of Asmara is on fire and a huge fire and smoke can be seen from far away," the reports claimed. More On This Topic
· MONEY PIT: The main excavation at the Bisha mine in northwest Eritrea, which is operated by a Canadian-owned company. The mine, pictured in February 2016, is a source of gold, copper and zinc ore.
· Eritrea: Ethiopian Planes Raided Bisha Goldmine. Ethiopian fighter planes bombed the site of Eritrea''s Bisha goldmine, reported Al-Sahafa, a leading Sudanese Arab daily in its March 21 edition. According to the newspaper, heavy plumes of smoke and fire bellowed from the mine located 150 kilometers from the capital city, Asmara.
Canadian headquartered, Eritrean base metals and gold miner Nevsun''s shares stuttered briefly yesterday on African media reports that its highly profitable Bisha base metals and gold/silver mine had been bombed by the Ethiopian Air Force – supposedly in retaliation to an Ethiopian helicopter being held by Eritrea.
· The Canadian company co-owns the giant copper, zinc and gold mine in the impoverished East African country in partnership with the state-owned Eritrean National Mining …
Burkina President Roch Marc Baborè says 38 people died and 60 were injured in the worst ever-attack of its kind in his country. ends intro. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack on a convoy carrying workers to the Boungou gold mine. It''s believe to be the work of a …
· Ethiopia Rebels Demand Eritrea Forces Withdraw Before Cease-Fire Simon Marks, Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Rebel forces who have retaken control of Ethiopia''s northern Tigray region demanded the withdrawal of Eritrean troops before agreeing to a cease-fire and talks to end almost eight months of conflict.
· When a small Vancouver mining company Nevsun struck gold in a remote corner of Africa, it started with so much promise. In remote Eritrea, Nevsun built a min...
Nutt reportedly worked for the Canadian firm Nevsun Resources, a mineral exploration company specialising in gold and diamond mining. [5] August 10, 2003: Two aid workers were killed and another injured when their vehicle was attacked by gunmen in Northern Eritrea.
· The Canadian company controls a 60 per cent interest in Eritrea''s first fully functioning mine. It began gold production in 2011 and has produced $614 million worth of ore, said Human Rights Watch. Another Canadian company, Sunridge Gold Corp. (TSXV:SGC), is among a handful of companies from Australia and China that are also hoping to make ...
· Trucks ferry excavated gold, copper and zinc ore from the main mining pit at the Bisha Mining Share Company in Eritrea, operated by Canadian company Nevsun …
Force has bombed the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, located 150 kilometers west of Asmara, along with the Eritrean military depot at Mai Edaga. [42] On 12 th June 2016, Ethiopian forces
· The case was first filed in 2014 by former mine workers Gize Yebeyo Araya, Kesete Tekle Fshazion and Mihretab Yemane Tekle. The trio of Eritrean refugees alleged that Nevsun was responsible for benefiting from human rights abuses including slavery, forced labour, torture and crimes against humanity during construction of its copper and gold mine in Eritrea.
ethiopian warplanes attacked a canadian gold mine in eritrea_Canadian firm to face historic legal case the Guardian 23, 2017018332A Canadian mining company has lost its bid to block a lawsuit accusing it of human rights abuses against miners in Eritrea
Mining is important to the economy of Ethiopia as a diversification from agriculture.Currently, mining comprises only 1% of GDP. Gold, gemstones (diamonds and sapphires), and industrial minerals are important commodities for the country''s export-oriented growth strategy. Tantalum mining has also been profitable. It was reported that in the late 1980s, the mineral industry lacked importance ...
· The UN has accused a Canadian company of using forced labour at Eritrea''s only active mine in a hard-hitting report released in June.. Nevsun …
Ethiopia: Air Force Jets Attack Canadian Gold Mine in Eritrea. According to sources in Addis, Ethiopian Air Force jets bombarded two key strategic targets, military base and Canadian Gold Mine facility Geeska Afrika Online security reporter is still looking for more information about the sources Ethiopian Air Force Jets Attack key targets Canadian Gold Mine in Eritrea In Eritrea
· China''s Sichuan Road & Bridge Mining Investment Development Corp. is gearing up to kick off copper, zinc, gold and silver production in Eritrea next …
· Compare this to Eritrea where the Canadian company Nevsun will be opening the Bisha Gold Mine later this year. Eritrea will be receiving 40 percent of the profits and Nevsun 60 percent. This should give you pretty good idea of why the USA and its Western capos are hell bent on destroying Eritrea, or at least bringing us to heel, you know, kneel ...
· Ethiopia''s Tigray crisis: Fears of a march into guerrilla warfare. After being ensconced in power in Ethiopia''s northern Tigray region for nearly three decades, the Tigray People''s Liberation ...
· Update: Eritrean Regime key Economic and Military Installations hit. (Aigaforum) 03-23-15. Unfortunate to many Eritreans, Eritrea today is a …
