- Aluminij
Aluminij d.d. Mostar is a firm based in
Mostar ,Bosnia and Herzegovina and owned byFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is a large regional producer ofaluminum , with sales of 134,535,000 tons of aluminium in 2006. [ [http://www.apf.gov.ba/aktuelna-prod/tenderi/dokumentacija/aluminij/eng/Teaser_Aluminij_Final%20_020307.pdf Deloitte report into privitization of company] 2006, page 1, accessed 16 April 2007]The facilities of the company were destroyed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and have since been rebuilt. [" [http://www.allbusiness.com/primary-metal-manufacturing/alumina-aluminum/412994-1.html 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]
As of 2007 , the company is owned 44% by the government, 44% by workers and former workers and 12% by the Croatian Privitization Fund. [ [http://www.apf.gov.ba/aktuelna-prod/tenderi/dokumentacija/aluminij/eng/Teaser_Aluminij_Final%20_020307.pdf Deloitte report into privitization of company] 2006, page 2, accessed 16 April 2007] The government's and workers' shares are to be sold to international investors. [" [http://www.apf.com.ba/info/saop/1/?cid=1072,1,1 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]The company sponsors cultural initiatives within the city of Mostar, including the Aluminij Gallery. [ [http://www.aluminij.ba/Gallery-Gallery_Aluminij_1.htm Aluminij website] , accessed 16 April 2007] .
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". [http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Individualcompanies/A/Aluminij 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] .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". [ [http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Individualcompanies/A/Aluminij 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] .
Amnesty continue to monitor the company.
References
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