The EITI is pleased to welcome Kinross as the an EITI Supporting Company. Kinross is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Ghana, Mauritania, Russia and the United States, employing approximately 7,500 people worldwide.
La Mauritanie lance cet appel à manifestation d’intérêt dans le but de sélectionner un Administrateur Indépendant pour la réalisation de ces deux rapports sur la base de la Nouvelle Norme ITIE.
In October 2011, Mauritania published its fourth EITI Report disclosing the revenues from mining and oil companies for 2009. The government reported receiving US$191 million from the oil, gas and mining sectors, and companies reported paying US$195 million. The mining sector continues to grow steadily.
Peru and Mauritania were this week found to be in compliance with the EITI standard. The EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) is the global standard that ensures accountability and transparency of the revenues from a country’s extractive sector.
In recognition of their progress in implementing the EITI, the EITI Board has concluded that Kazakhstan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Peru are Candidate countries that are “close to compliance”.
BERLIN, 16 APRIL 2010. The Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the international standard for improved transparency in countries’ natural resource sector, met in Berlin 15-16 April. The Board discussed the request of 17 of the 32 countries currently implementing the EITI to extend their deadline for completing EITI Validation.
