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Amplats workers end underground protest at South African mine

Published June 15, 2013

Reuters

JOHANNESBURG –  Anglo American Platinum said on Saturday operations at its Thembelani mine in South Africa were back to normal after a “group of employees” on Friday prevented 2,400 workers from going above ground.

“The situation at the mine is normal, people came above ground yesterday evening,” Amplats spokeswoman Mpumi Sithole said.

The industrial action followed the dismissal of four union shop stewards for “inappropriate behavior”.

(Reporting by Olivia Kumwenda; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

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Amplats workers end underground protest at South African mine

Owner Of Collapsed Indonesian Mine is Big Donor to Congress

Last week’s collapse of a massive precious metals mine in Indonesia, which killed at least 17 workers, brought unwanted attention to the American company that owns the facility, Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold. But the company is already well-known to many here in Washington: Its top executives, as well as the company PAC, contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars each election cycle to help fuel congressional campaigns. Freeport currently employs at least one former member of Congress as a registered lobbyist, and in the past has employed at least one other.

Freeport-McMoRan, which is based in Phoenix, strongly favors Republicans over Democrats with its contributions. In the 2012 cycle, the company’s PAC and employees gave 80 percent of their $ 382,000 in donations to Republicans. The firm’s favorite lawmaker? Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake. He received the maximum $ 10,000 from the company PAC and another $ 43,000 from employees, making him the largest recipient of Freeport-McMoRan money. 

Another major recipient of Freeport-McMoRan cash was David Dewhurst, who was defeated by Ted Cruz in the Republican primary for Texas’ open Senate seat last year. Dewhurst, who was backed by many “establishment” Republican interests, received $ 10,000 from the company PAC and another $ 25,000 from company CEO James “Jim Bob” Moffett and members of his immediate family. 

In the House, the top recipient of cash from the company is Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), to whom the company’s PAC gave the maximum of $ 10,000. Boehner is also one of eight members of Congress who owns shares in the company, according to his most recent personal financial disclosure form. 

Moffett and other top executives drove a huge chunk of the contributions from company employees. Besides the money to Dewhurst, Moffett and his family were also responsible for $ 33,301 in donations to the Republican National Committee and $ 7,100 apiece to the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee and Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 2012 cycle.

In 2008, donations from the company PAC and employees spiked to $ 595,000. Almost one-fifth of that — $ 112,000 — was in the form of contributions from company executives to the Republican National Committee. The company’s spending on lobbying surged then, too: In 2007, it spent about $ 580,000 and in 2009, it spent $ 720,000 — but in 2008, Freeport-McMoRan spent more than $ 1.5 million pressing its views in Washington. 

The company took a strong interest in two bills that were pending that year. One, the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act (H.R. 2262), would have imposed new royalties on mining operations on public lands; it passed the House but died in the Senate. The other, the Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure Act (H.R. 6066), would have required companies to disclose to shareholders any payments made to foreign countries in exchange for the extraction of natural resources. 

So far in 2013, the company has reported lobbying on legislation affecting deepwater ports and, generally, issues related to taxes. It spent $ 120,000 in the first three months of the year, and had nine lobbyists, including former Rep. Jim McCrery (R-La.), on the payroll. 

Image: Freeport-McMoRan’s Indonesian mine image via Alfindra Primaldhi.

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Owner Of Collapsed Indonesian Mine is Big Donor to Congress