ICEM Global Framework Agreement with AngloGold
The ICEM and AngloGold signed a Global Agreement in Johannesburg in September 2002 following the UN’s World Summit in South Africa. AngloGold thus became the first African-based multinational to sign such an agreement. It was signed in concert with South African affiliate National Union of Mineworkers. AngloGold maintains mining operations in Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Mali, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, the US and Zimbabwe.
The promotion and respect for human and trade union rights, health and safety, sound environmental practices and the promotion of good relationships with local mine communities are at the heart of the agreement. It too has language calling on the parties to meet as often as necessary, but at least annually.
Click here for the ICEM News release on the signing of the agreement.
Text of the Global Agreement (English version)
Further down you can find a list of ICEM articles related to Anglogold.
 Ghana Miners’ Escalate Pay Dispute with Gold Producers |
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21 September 2009 Ghana ICEM InBrief  |
Patience by members of ICEM-affiliated Ghana Mine Workers’ Union (GMWU) has worn thin with the African nation’s three largest gold producers, AngloGold Ashanti, Goldfields, and Newmont Mining. The union has been in wage talks with the major producers throughout the summer, focusing mainly on narrowing the wide pay gap between expatriate workers and Ghana staff.
The mining houses have... Read the article |
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| More Deaths Inside and Outside of South Africa’s Mines |
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22 September 2008 South Africa ICEM InBrief  |
The recorded death toll for 2008 in South Africa’s mines is now 125, following three deaths at two locations on Friday, 19 September. The death rate in the country’s mines is now approaching 2007’s death toll, which was 10% higher than in 2006.
At DRDGold Ltd.’s East Rand Proprietary Mine (ERPM) near Boksburg, two miners died inside an elevator cage some 600 metres underground....Read the article |
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| NUM Protests Rash of AngloGold, AngloPlats Mine Deaths in South Africa |
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25 August 2008 South Africa ICEM InBrief  |
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa has hit hard on four deaths within a week at AngloGold and AngloPlatinum, pivotal proof that the country is in need of rigid safety regulations that hopefully will become law late this year.
During a week spanning 12 August to 17 August, safety performances by both AngloGold and AngloPlats sunk at the same time the Chamber of Mines lobbied...Read the article |
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| Report Available from December’s Coal Conference in India | ||
28 January 2008 |
India Global |
ICEM InBrief |
| NUM Files for One-Day Safety Strike in South Africa’s Mine | ||
22 October 2007 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Ghana Mine Workers' Union Organises Senior Staff of AngloGold Ashanti | ||
22 October 2007 |
Ghana |
ICEM InBrief |
| Near Disaster at Harmony’s Elandsrand Gold Mine in South Africa Repeats Safety Call | ||
8 October 2007 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Two Workers Killed at AngloGold’s Mine in Free State, South Africa | ||
30 July 2007 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| 2007 Mining Deaths Become Worrisome in South Africa | ||
2 July 2007 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Disputes Declared in South Africa's Mining Negotiations | ||
2 July 2007 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Australian Miners Strike Anglo Coal in Queensland | ||
21 May 2007 |
Australia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Gold Miners in Suriname Win Two-year, 34% Wage Hikes | ||
7 May 2007 |
Suriname |
ICEM InBrief |
| Earth Tremors Bring Death in AngloGold’s South African TauTona Mine | ||
30 October 2006 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| Colombian Army Murders Outspoken Mining Region Leader | ||
2 October 2006 |
Colombia |
ICEM InBrief |
| Earth Tremor Kills Three at AngloGold South African Mine | ||
23 January 2006 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| ICEM Global Info 2-2005 | ||
8 November 2005 |
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| Wage Gains End South African Gold Mining Strike | ||
22 August 2005 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| NUM Strikes Gold Mining Sector in South Africa | ||
8 August 2005 |
South Africa |
ICEM InBrief |
| AngloGold signs Global Agreement: First in Mining Sector, Africa | ||
13 September 2002 |
South Africa |
ICEM News release |
| Text of the Global Agreement between ICEM and AngloGold | ||
13 September 2002 |
ICEM Background Document |
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Proud Indonesian Miners End Strike with Freeport-McMoRan
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