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Unmasking BHP: October week of action
London Mining Network Sep 20, 2019Four environmental human rights defenders are travelling from Latin America to the UK for Unmasking BHP – a week of arts, protest and discussion to mobilize around the London-listed mining company’s annual shareholders’ meeting.Join … Read more The post Unmasking[…]
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A just(ice) transition is a post-extractive transition
London Mining Network Sep 16, 2019London Mining Network and War on Want are launching a joint report today exposing greenwashing of mining industry, ahead of Friday’s Global Climate Strike ‘A Just Transition is a Post-extractive Transition’ exposes the mining … Read more The post A just(ice)[…]
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Chile: Community of Caimanes announces legal action against Antofagasta Minerals for environmental damages
London Mining Network Aug 24, 2019The community of Caimanes is taking fresh legal action against Minera Los Pelambres, a mining company controlled by Antofagasta Minerals (the Chilean subsidiary of London-listed Antofagasta plc) over the situation of the Mauro tailings (fine … Read more The post[…]
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Peru: residents block roads in protest against Anglo American
London Mining Network Aug 14, 2019In Moquegua (southern Peru), hundreds of citizens including campesinas and campesinos protesting against the Quellaveco copper mining project, run by the British Anglo American company, blocked the most important roads in the region, which has … Read more The post[…]
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Tabaco, Colombia: still no justice after 18 years
London Mining Network Aug 9, 2019On 9 August 2001 the Afro-Descendant community of Tabaco was forcibly displaced from their ancestral land to give way to the biggest open cast coal mine in Latin America: Cerrejon. The mine is currently owned … Read more The post[…]
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VIDEOS: ‘Extracting coal is extracting life’
London Mining Network Aug 2, 2019These interviews with Sarah Agustio from Indonesian mining advocacy network JATAM and Indonesian PhD student Siti Maimunah were filmed during ‘Extracting Us’, a photography exhibition held in ONCA gallery, Brighton, UK, from 11-21 July 2019.… Read more The post VIDEOS:[…]
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Solidarity vigil marking Marikana 7th anniversary
London Mining Network Aug 1, 2019MARIKANA: AMANDLAA! AWETHU!What? Solidarity vigil on 7th anniversary of Marikana Massacre. Please bring your voices and yellow flowers. We will be reading out the names of those who died and will observe a minute’s … Read more The post Solidarity[…]
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Cerrejón Coal: another forced eviction coming up
London Mining Network Jul 30, 2019The Arroyo Bruno near El RocíoThe indigenous community of El Rocío, located along the Arroyo Bruno (Bruno Stream) between Albania and Maicao in La Guajira, Colombia, was threatened with forcible displacement by police on … Read more The post Cerrejón[…]
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The rush to mine an ocean, and the struggle to save a river
London Mining Network Jul 29, 2019Dear friends,London Mining Network agrees that we have to phase out fossil fuels fast. That means a swift transition away from coal, among other things. We are working with member groups Coal Action Network, … Read more The post The[…]
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Saving the river: the struggle for Colombia’s Arroyo Bruno
London Mining Network Jul 20, 2019Senator Jorge Robledo at the hearing in RiohachaOn Monday 9 July, representatives of LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Swiss NGO Aktionsgruppe Schweiz Kolumbien, US-based North Shore Colombia Solidarity and other international observers attended … Read more The post Saving[…]
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UK investors set sights on Indonesia fossil fuel infrastructure despite deadly mining legacy
London Mining Network Jul 10, 2019Press release, for immediate release: 10/07/19JATAM, London Mining NetworkRisky investments: UK investors set sights on Indonesia fossil fuel infrastructure despite deadly mining legacyUK investors attended Indonesia’s Infrastructure Investment Forum in London last … Read more The post UK investors set[…]
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Open letter to mining companies at Cerrejon, Colombia
London Mining Network Jul 8, 2019The following open letter was sent on Monday 8 July 2019 to Cerrejon Coal and its multinational corporate ownersCoal mining in Colombia: Diversion of the Arroyo Brunoand fulfilment of Constitutional Court Sentence SU-698 … Read more The post Open letter[…]
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British multinational disobeys Colombia court by diverting water source
London Mining Network Jul 8, 2019Press release: 08/07/19 (Spanish press release below)Colombia, La Guajira: British mining multinational is diverting vital water source for massive coal extraction, despite a Constitutional Court ruling for community consultationFor two years, mining company … Read more The post British multinational[…]
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Mining company disregards Colombia’s Constitutional Court to exploit Bruno river
London Mining Network Jul 1, 2019Government entities and Carbones del Cerrejón disregard the orders and guidelines of the Constitutional Court for the exploitation and diversion of the Bruno, the last great tributary of the Ranchería River in La GuajiraOn … Read more The post Mining[…]
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More AGMs, and uranium mining
London Mining Network Jun 21, 2019Dear friends,I hope to see many of you at our annual gathering on the evening of Wednesday 26 June. Do come and hear from our guests Siti Maimunah and Volker Boege about the legacy … Read more The post More[…]