Aluminij
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Aluminij d.d. Mostar is a firm based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and owned by Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a large regional producer of aluminum, with sales of 134,535,000 tons of aluminium in 2006.[1]
The facilities of the company were destroyed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and have since been rebuilt.[2]
As of 2007, the company is owned 44% by the government, 44% by workers and former workers and 12% by the Croatian Privitization Fund.[3] The government's and workers' shares are to be sold to international investors.[4]
The company sponsors cultural initiatives within the city of Mostar, including the Aluminij Gallery.[5].
[edit] Criticism
Amnesty International alleges that, during the civil war, the company "...pursued a policy of ethnic discrimination, the effects of which continue to be felt, and elements of which continue to be practised" leading the company to "...become a company with an overwhelmingly ethnic Croat workforce".[6].
Aluminij strenuously deny this allegation, saying "Aluminij d.d. Mostar is one of rare [sic] companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina which has worked in accordance to the laws and which has completely implemented the same".[7].
Amnesty continue to monitor the company.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Deloitte report into privitization of company 2006, page 1, accessed 16 April 2007
- ^ VAW-technologie puts Aluminij Mostar on top: state-of-the-art reduction plant will result from modernisation project. Aluminium International Today (Jan-Feb 2002 issue), quoted in AllBusiness.com, accessed 16 April 2007
- ^ Deloitte report into privitization of company 2006, page 2, accessed 16 April 2007
- ^ PUBLIC INVITATION FOR ALUMINIJ D.D. MOSTAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 5.3.2007., Privatizacija u Federaciji BiH, dated 28 February 2007, accessed 16 April 2007
- ^ Aluminij website, accessed 16 April 2007
- ^ a b Letter following up the Amnesty International report "Bosnia and Herzegovina - Behind closed gates: ethnic discrimination in employment" 26 May 2006, quoted by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, accessed 16 April 2007
- ^ Letter following up the Amnesty International report "Bosnia and Herzegovina - Behind closed gates: ethnic discrimination in employment" 6 February 2006, quoted by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, accessed 16 April 2007
