16 January, 2008Featuring a report on how a gold rush in Mongolia is leading to an epidemic of mercury poisoning affecting gold diggers, local people and the environment, the latest issue of IMF's journal Metal World is available now on the IMF website.
GLOBAL: Reporting on the gold rush in Mongolia, Metal World examines the devastating effects the use of mercury is having on gold diggers, local people and the environment. An estimated 75,000 Mongolians have become involved in the gold rush in a country with potentially 25 per cent of the world's unexploited gold reserves.
Metal World also shines a spotlight on BHP Billiton, reporting on the recent IMF/ICEM global trade union meeting where worker representatives heard that while BHP Billiton's approach to unions varies from particular sites and across nations, the company seeks to undermine collective worker arrangements.
And Stefan Löfvén, a welder who is now the president of IF Metall, is profiled in this issue of Metal World. With a long interest in international issues, Stefan discusses the importance of working beyond the national level in dealing with the challenges of globalisation.
This latest issue of Metal World also includes all the latest news and pictures from IMF and its affiliates.
The magazine is available as a pdf download on the IMF website in English (Russian and Japanese editions will follow) and is available in print, by sending subscription details to: [email protected]