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The Iduapriem Gold Mine is an open-pit gold mine situated 10 km south of Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana. The mine is owned by AngloGold Ashanti and consists of the Iduapriem and the Teberebie operation, which were merged in 2000.〔(Annual Report 2009 ) AngloGold Ashanti website, accessed: 9 August 2010〕〔(Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited announces acquisition of Pioneer Goldfields Limited ) AngloGold Ashanti website, published: 12 May 2000, accessed: 10 August 2010〕 AngloGold Ashanti originally only owned 85% of the mine but acquired the remaining 15% in September 2007.〔(Country report: Ghana - Iduapriem ) AngloGold Ashanti website, accessed: 10 August 2010〕 In 2008, AngloGold Ashanti's Ghana operations, consisting of Iduapriem and the Obuasi Gold Mine, contributed 11% to the company's annual production. Both mines became part of AngloGold Ashanti when AngloGold merged with the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation in 2004.〔 In 2009, the mine employed 1,447 people.〔 The mine has been fatality-free since 1999.〔 ==Environmental impact== The mine and its owners have been criticised in the past for the loss of land for local farmers, the pollution and drying-up of local rivers and watersources and the lack of action to combat these issues.〔(The Impact of the Iduapriem Goldmine in Ghana ) face-it-act-now.org, accessed: 10 August 2010〕〔(Ghana: Iduapriem gold mine pollutes water and cuts off farmers from their lands ) ''Food First Information and Action Network'', published: 15 April 2008, accessed: 10 August 2010〕 Mining at Iduapriem was suspended for a time in early 2010 to allow for the construction of a temporary tailings storage facility at the mine.〔(AngloGold to resume production at Iduapriem in April ) miningweekly.com, published: 30 March 2010, accessed: 10 August 2010〕 The operators were told by the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana to suspend operations over "potentially adverse environmental impacts arising from the current tailings storage facility".〔(AngloGold suspends Iduapriem mine ) miningmx.com, published: 19 February 2010, accessed: 10 August 2010〕〔(EPA orders Iduapriem Mine to stop using tailings storage facility ) ghanaweb.com, accessed: 10 August 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iduapriem Gold Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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