Gold trade body urged to suspend refinery over alleged abuses in Tanzania

MMTC-PAMP, a supplier to Apple and others, accused of not fully investigating alleged violations

A corporate watchdog is calling for the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) to suspend the membership of one of the world's biggest gold refineries for its alleged failure to act over claims of human rights and environmental abuses at a mine in Tanzania.

The UK-based Raid group says the Swiss-Indian venture MMTC-PAMP, which supplies gold to Apple, Nokia, Disney, Amazon, Tesla and others, has not fully investigated claims police guarding the North Mara mine have beaten, shot and sometimes killed locals.