Today,
Friday 13 April at 23:33 WIB, Me releases a collection of documents that open
up a corrupt multi-billion dollar war by Western and Chinese companies grab
uranium and other mining rights in the Central African Republic (CAR) and
escape paying for the environmental consequences. Among the hundreds of pages
in this publication are detailed maps of mining rights, mining contracts with
illegal kickbacks and secret investigative reports. The documents have been
long sought by fraud investigators. In December 2015 a case was filed against
Areva, alleging corruption related to the €1.8 billion purchase of three
uranium mines in 2007.
Effective
oversight process by the local authorities is subverted either by duping state
officials with deceiving front companies, such as the UN registered World
Sports Alliance (WSA), now recycled into a cover for mining companies, or by
corrupting them through the payment of 'cash bonuses'. After a profitable
exploitation of resources, companies such as Areva – a French multinational
group specialising in nuclear power – abandon the country, leaving behind
nuclear contamination without having launched any of the promised investments.
Map Resource Carthography
The mining sector in Central African Republic: an overall view
These documents provide a 360 degrees view on the mining sector and its relationships with one of the poorest countries in the world, Central African Republic, showing the numerous schemes put in place to avoid legal, impositive, social and environmental obligations by the mining companies and the growing difficulties of the states to implement their decisions.
Mapping Mr. Nola Mbaiki M.Sc.
AREVA and URAMIN scandal
The most powerful nuclear company in the world, AREVA, abandoned its Central African Republic exploitation without having launched any of the promised investments after an enormous political and financial scandal, amidst a social and environmental crisis, with skyrocketing radioactivity levels (up to 30 times the natural radioactivity in the zone) and literally transporting its former employees back to their homes like cattle. The following documents show the constant disdain of the company towards Central African Republic institutions and its population, and the neocolonial conditions of exploitation of its mines in Africa.AREVA Confidental Document :
Note PTI-IAS, China Mining Company :
http://downloads.ziddu.com/download/25325954/CAR_Note_PTI_IAS.pdf.html
AREVA Mining Activity :
http://downloads.ziddu.com/download/25325957/CAR_Mining_Activity_2013.pdf.html
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