Iron Chains of Injustice: Holding ArcelorMittal Accountable

YEKEPA — THE TOWN THAT HAS PRODUCED TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM ORE DEPOSITS From LAMCO to ArcelorMittal, Yekepa's mountains have given up their ore for 63 years. LAMCO extracted here from 1963 to 1989 — 26 years. After the war years, ArcelorMittal resumed in 2011 and has extracted for 15 years since. That is 41 years of extraction in total, from one town's mountains. The ore leaves on the train. The wealth leaves on the ship. Yekepa remains — still waiting for the roads, the water, the schools and the clinics its mountains paid for. The people own the resources. The people must benefit from them. 🌐 corporatewatchliberia.org ✍️ change.org/p/hold-arcelormittal-accountable-for-systemic-human-rights-abuses

A LAND CANNOT BE RICH WHILE ITS PEOPLE REMAIN POOR. Watch the film: YouTube: https://youtu.be/9zxeqUb_mS0 Facebook: https://facebook.com/reel/1116456514689476/ Ore. Diamond. Gold. Land and water, in abundance. Liberia holds them all — iron ore, gold, diamonds, land, water. These are documented resources of our nation. And yet the people who own them live beside mud roads, crowded wards, and classrooms of mud. A land cannot be rich while its people remain poor. Liberia's resources must be managed efficiently — and used to improve health, education, and roads in Liberia. Hospitals worthy of the people. Roads that carry people, roads that serve the people who live beside them. Schools, not mud walls. Every child taught in dignity. Manage it well. Spend it at home. CorporateWatch Liberia — Land. Life. Justice. corporatewatchliberia.org Petition: change.org/p/hold-arcelormittal-accountable-for-systemic-human-rights-abuses

IS LIBERIA REALLY BENEFITING FAIRLY FROM ARCELORMITTAL'S DEAL? Watch the film: YouTube: https://youtu.be/7-5DNuzcnYE Facebook: https://facebook.com/reel/2712819269150160/ Liberia's own Minerals and Mining Law, Section 17.4, sets mineral royalties at three to ten percent. That is documented. It is the law. But CorporateWatch Liberia asks: is three to ten percent even a fair amount for the sale of our resources? These resources do not grow back. Once the ore is gone, it is gone. CorporateWatch Liberia's position, stated by our founder, is that Liberia keeps only two to ten percent of the value, while ArcelorMittal takes ninety to ninety-eight percent. And it is not only ore. The nation's resources — the land, the forests, the water, the railway, the port — are being given away, and in some cases auctioned, while the people who own them watch the wealth leave. The full fiscal terms are not published. The international transparency body rates Ar...

THE BANKS ARE BEING CALLED TO ACCOUNT. BankTrack and the Fair Steel Coalition — with Green Advocates Liberia — have called on the banks financing ArcelorMittal to temporarily suspend finance until the company works with communities to provide remedy and puts safeguards in place to prevent future harm. The case is documented in their joint media release of October 14, 2026, following the Disclose investigation into ArcelorMittal's Liberia operations. The banks were first warned about ArcelorMittal's human rights impacts in Liberia in July 2024. Since then, according to DealLogic figures cited in the release, global banks have helped ArcelorMittal raise over US$2.3 billion through at least five corporate lending and bond underwriting deals — while Liberian communities lost homes, crops and livelihoods. The banks named, from most to least exposed: SMBC Group, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, HSBC, Santander, Standard Chartered, Mizuho...

A GOOD STORY FOR LIBERIA President Boakai has issued Executive Order No. 169, renewing the mandate of the Liberia National Railway Liaison Office — the office building Liberia's National Railway Authority. Its work: complete the condition and capacity study of the Tokadeh–Buchanan corridor, finalise the draft Railway Authority Act with the Law Reform Commission, and lay the groundwork for a multi-user, open-access rail system — a corridor that serves every Liberian sector fairly, transparently, and not one company alone. When the Act passes, the Liaison Office hands over everything within ninety days and dissolves. A state building the institution that opens its own railway: that is reform with an address. CorporateWatch Liberia has added this story to its Good Stories page — where Liberia getting it right is documented too: https://corporatewatchliberia.org/good-stories.html Source: Executive Mansion-Liberia, Executive Order No. 169, 23 October 2026.

A MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER OF CORPORATEWATCH LIBERIA I write in the spirit of respect — for the rule of law; the dignity of every Liberian; and for a remedy of ArcelorMittal's unchecked harm and abuse in Liberia. For twenty years, Liberia has hosted one of the world's largest steel companies. In that time, our institution has documented 93 cases in the ArcelorMittal Harm Registry: 34 lives lost and over 2,981 people harmed, labour rulings unenforced on the public record, and environmental fines imposed again and again — while not one case stands fully investigated with its ruling implemented. ArcelorMittal Liberia is Ground Zero — where harm and unethical practices are enormous. These are documented facts, and the record stands open to correction by anyone holding better evidence. I address this message to six seats of responsibility. TO THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBERIA — The verdict of zero is yours to answer as much as the company's. Your Ministry of Labou...