November 2010
Protest at Anglo’s Alaskan quest
Top jewellers are refusing to use gold from a proposed mine because it threatens a major fishing ground
From “The Independent“
Fifty jewellers with billions of pounds in sales and stores around the world have pledged to boycott Anglo American’s planned Pebble project in Alaska, saying they will not use gold from the proposed mine as it threatens Bristol Bay, the world’s most important fishing ground for wild sockeye salmon.
The jewellers’ pledge is backed by the likes of Tiffany & Co, Goldsmiths, Mappin and Webb and, most recently, John Hardy, Fraser Hart, Ingle & Rhode and Boucheron, which supplies jewels to the royal family.