Africa

Bridgestone Corporation is based in Tokyo, Japan. The largest subsidiary of Bridgestone is the Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc., which is based in Nashville, TN and includes Firestone. The company is most well known for the production of tires. Bridgestone/Firestone has been the focus of an international campaign related to labor and environmental problems on its rubber plantation in Liberia.

MM Mining, a Bahamas-based firm with Indian owners, has signed an agreement with The Togolese Government to extract bauxite on the Agou Mountain and elsewhere in Togo. It is a Public Limited Company with a capital of approximately 1.5 billion CFA francs as of 2007. The company sent attendees to the AMEC mining conference. MM Mining intends to invest US $41 Million in mineral extraction throughout Togo, as of 2007.