Paladin Energy Ltd Hall of Infamy

(last updated 21 Dec 2018)

• Dec. 12, 2018: Paladin avoided paying US$ 20 million tax on sale of 25% stake in Langer Heinrich uranium mine (Namibia)

• Jan. 25, 2017: Paladin and Malawi government reject request to disclose water monitoring data of Kayelekera uranium mine

• July 9, 2015: Prime Minister's report exposes lack of safety at Langer Heinrich uranium mine (Namibia)

• Feb. 20, 2015: Workers protest against unsafe working conditions at Paladin's Langer Heinrich uranium mine (Namibia)

• Nov. 19, 2014: NGOs warn Paladin against planned release of Kayelekera uranium mill tailings water into river used for drinking water (Malawi)

• Oct. 7, 2014: Contract workers claim unfair treatment at Langer Heinrich uranium mine (Namibia)

• Feb. 17, 2014: Uranium ore concentrate spilled in transport accident near Paladin's Kayelekera mine (Malawi)

• Oct. 30, 2013: Worker dies from injuries suffered in electrical incident at Langer Heinrich uranium mine (Namibia)

• July 31, 2013: Fatal accident at Paladin's Kayelekera mine (Malawi)

• July 22, 2013: UN Special Rapporteur savages Malawi's deal with uranium miner Paladin Energy

• December 19, 2012: Paladin threatens anti-nuclear website owner with court action

• September 24, 2011: Student found dead after critical publication alleged payments of Kayelekera uranium mine to Malawi president

• November 3, 2010: Uranium miner Paladin Energy refuses disclosure of carbon footprint (Namibia)

• QUOTE OF THE DAY: "at the mine we focus on production matters"
  (Mr. Werner Duvenhage, Managing Director Langer Heinrich, Paladin Energy Africa, September 2010, in an email communication with WISE Amsterdam, denying request for information and site visit)

• September 25, 2010: Paladin orders miners to work in Kayelekera mine in spite of shortage of dust masks (Malawi)
  
  QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Mining is a 24 hour operation and cannot be stopped as a result of a shortage of available dust masks"
  (Johan De Bruin, geology superintendent of Paladin's Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi, Nyasa Times Sep. 25, 2010)

• October 8, 2009: Fourth death this year at Paladin's Kayelekera mine (Malawi)

• QUOTE OF THE DAY: "We're taking the uranium out of the ground, we're exporting it to be used for productive purposes, so we should be getting a medal for cleaning up the environment."
  (Neville Huxham, Malawi country director for Paladin Energy Africa, operator of the Kayelekera uranium mine, IPS Aug. 24, 2009)

• March 18, 2009: Malawi police fire teargas at workers at Kayelekera mine construction site; operations disrupted, managers evacuated

• April 25, 2008: Intervention after sulphuric acid spill at Langer Heinrich mine leads to explosions (Namibia)

• March 1, 2007: Paladin Resources' Kayelekera Uranium Project in Malawi, Africa would not be approved in Australia, conclude independent reviewers

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