Export Processing Zone
In 1995, the Government of the Republic of Namibia adopted the Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Act...
Category: What do we know?
The missing tonnage of arsenic
In 2014 DPM processed 101,000 tons of copper concentrate from the Chelopech mine and 97,000 tons...
Bulgarian gold in offshore paradise linked to European public lender
The profits of the richest Bulgarian gold mine are “optimised” through several Caribbean offshore companies and...
Namibian smelter expansion risks deepening environmental and health problems
As it nears two years of a Bankwatch visit to the copper smelter in Namibia and...
Report 2016: Dirty Precious Metals
Report from a fact finding mission on the Dundee Precious Metals smelter facility in Tsumeb, Namibia,...
Dundee denies chemical poison claims
January 19, 2016 Source: Catherine Sasman, Namibian Sun Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) says the international environment...
Health reports confirmed widespread over-exposure to toxic arsenic at Tsumeb smelter in Namibia
Following Bankwatch’s revelations about toxic pollutants at the Tsumeb smelter in Namibia, the smelter’s owner, Canadian...
Exporting toxic pollution from Europe to Namibia
The case of the Tsumeb smelter in Namibia demonstrates how European pollution is exported to the...