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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Featured pages Featured pages Update Featured pages Featured pages "UK Government Will Investigate Chad Water Contamination Complaint Against Mining Giant Glencore", 8 February 2021 The UK government accepted in January that issues raised in a complaint filed against UK mining firm Glencore in respect of its handling of two contamination incidents at its Badila oilfield in southern Chad “merit further examination”. The complaint, filed by three human rights groups, alleges violations of OECD guidelines and detai...

8 Feb 2021 by david N'DJAMENA, Chad The UK government accepted in January that issues raised in a complaint filed against UK mining firm Glencore in respect of its handling of two contamination incidents at its Badila oilfield in southern Chad “merit further examination”. The complaint, filed by three human rights groups, alleges violations of OECD guidelines and details environmental and human rights harms as well as social engagement failures by the company. The two incidents occurred in 2018: the first when an earth bank supporting a wastewater basin collapsed spilling 85 m...

Chadian villagers confront mining giant Glencore over abuses linked to oil spill Issued on: 02/02/2021 - 17:14 Some of fish that died after pollution from Glencore oil concern in southern Chad flowed into the Nya Pende River. © RAID 7 min A group of villagers in southern Chad, who claim a number of accidents by British mining giant Glencore poisoned their drinking water, harming people and destroying farmland, are to confront company representatives in mediation, after the UK government accepted their human rights complaint. ...