Ma'adinan Ahafo

Ma'adinan Ahafo na daya daga cikin manyan ma'adinan zinare a Jamhuriyar Ghana da ma duniya baki daya.   mahakar ma'adinan tana tsakiyar kasar ne a yankin Brong-Ahafo .  Mahakar ma'adinan ta yi kiyasin tanadin oza miliyan 17 na zinari . [ bukatar sabuntawa ]   

An zargi kamfanin da "rashin haƙƙin ɗan adam da ayyukan rashin kulawa" ta hanyar Earthworks, ƙungiyar muhalli, da sauransu.

 Rashin gurɓata da tasirin zamantakewa 
A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2008, wani rashin aiki na kayan aiki ya haifar da zubar da sodium cyanide, kuma EPA na Ghana ta yanke shawarar cewa kamfanin ya keta izininsa. An ci wa kamfanin tarar dala miliyan 4.9 kuma hukumar gwamnati ta yanke shawarar cewa Newmont ta kasa bayar da rahoto ko bincika zubar da ruwa.

Cyanide da ya zubo ya haifar da babban kisan kifi. Newmont da farko ya musanta alhakin kashe kifi, yana mai bayyana cewa mutuwar ta kasance ne saboda yawan kifi da kuma karancin iskar oxygen a cikin ruwa. Bincike mai zaman kansa ya gano matakan cyanide a cikin kifi, kuma matakan cyanides a cikin ruwa sun kasance 1,400% sama da ma'aunin Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya. Ruwa kuma ya ƙunshi matakan cadmium da arsenic wanda ya wuce ka'idodin tsaro na WHO.

Earthworks ya ba da rahoton cewa ma'adinin ya kori kimanin mutane 9,500 wadanda galibi manoma ne.

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