News
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Death threats, and Lonmin’s last days
London Mining Network May 20, 2019Dear friends,It has been six weeks since our last full news mailing, and there has been so much news we cannot fit it all in a mailing! I hope you’ll find the news below … Read moreThe post Death threats,[…]
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Come to LMN’s annual gathering
London Mining Network May 17, 2019Our annual gathering is a chance to find out about mining-affected communities, our current projects, and the work of our network groups. You are very welcome if: you’ve never heard of us before; you … Read moreThe post Come to[…]
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Lonmin in the dock: the People’s Tribunal
London Mining Network May 12, 2019What: Join us outside mining company Lonmin’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for a People’s Tribunal.Where: Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5When: 28th May, 10-11.30amACCESSIBILITY: We will be performing this tribunal outside the … Read moreThe post Lonmin in the dock:[…]
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Building Power: African feminist efforts on energy & climate justice
London Mining Network May 9, 2019What: Learn about feminist approaches to energy and climate justice by listening to women organising against mining companies in Africa and beyond.Where: UCL Students Union, Clarke Hall, Breakdown 2, IOE Bedford Way (20) 305, … Read moreThe post Building Power:[…]
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Death, destruction and dividends: the 2019 Anglo American AGM
London Mining Network May 7, 2019Report on the Anglo American AGM, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, 30 April 2019By Richard Solly (Co-ordinator of London Mining Network and member of Colombia Solidarity Campaign) with assistance from Hal Rhoades, Illary … Read moreThe post Death, destruction[…]
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URGENT ACTION: Paramilitary death threats to indigenous critics of Cerrejon mine
London Mining Network May 2, 2019Some of our friends in La Guajira, including members of Wayuu indigenous organisation Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu, other community leaders and members of mine workers’ union Sintracarbon, have received fresh death threats.Fuerza de Mujeres … Read moreThe post URGENT ACTION:[…]
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AGM activists take on Anglo American
London Mining Network May 1, 2019What is Anglo American?Anglo American is a British mining company that has roots in South Africa, its headquarters in London, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. It mines for diamonds, copper, platinum, … Read moreThe post AGM activists[…]
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Protesters to challenge Anglo American’s greenwashing tactics at AGM
London Mining Network Apr 26, 2019Press release – for immediate release26/04/19A coalition of organisations are set to take on Anglo American at its AGM on April 30, from 1.15 – 2.45pm at QEII Centre, Westminster.While climate activists … Read moreThe post Protesters to challenge Anglo[…]
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Protest Anglo American’s AGM
London Mining Network Apr 24, 2019Anglo American, a London-listed mining company, has caused unimaginable damage to communities and the planet through its disregard for human rights, the environmental devastation caused by its projects, and its neo-colonial policies in Colombia, Brazil, … Read moreThe post Protest[…]
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Debate rages over future of La Guajira’s Bruno river
London Mining Network Apr 18, 2019Cerrejon opencast coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia, is the largest in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. Cerrejon is owned by Carbones del Cerrejón – made up of three London-listed … Read moreThe post Debate[…]
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Not the whole truth: the Rio Tinto AGM, 10 April 2019
London Mining Network Apr 17, 2019By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Andrew Hickman, Andy Whitmore, Christina Montorio, Paul Robson, Richard Harkinson, Roger Featherstone, Roger Moody and Yvonne OrengoA recording of the entire AGM is available … Read moreThe post Not the[…]
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Statement on the assassination of Dilma Ferreira Silva, leader of MAB
London Mining Network Apr 8, 2019London Mining Network is a signatory to the below statement:Monday, April 8, 2019 In the face of the brutal crime committed on March 22nd against a coordinator of the Movement of Dam-Affected Peoples in … Read moreThe post Statement on[…]
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Blood, mud, corruption and criminality
London Mining Network Mar 30, 2019Dear friends,The cataclysmically destructive nature of the mining industry becomes ever more evident. A recent UN report has shown that extractive industries are together responsible for half the world’s carbon emissions and 80% of … Read moreThe post Blood, mud,[…]
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Rio Tinto’s mining waste: a disaster waiting to happen?
London Mining Network Mar 27, 2019The evening before Rio Tinto’s annual shareholder meeting, join us for an event where we’ll be hearing about its damaging proposed and current mining projects in Madagascar, West Papua and the US, on 9th April, … Read moreThe post Rio[…]
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Lonmin: still one of the unacceptable faces of British capitalism
London Mining Network Mar 26, 2019Full report of the Lonmin AGM 25 March 2019by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Andy Higginbottom, Daniel Selwyn, Maren Grimm, Markus Dufner, Nima Mudey and Tilman Massa.A loud and … Read moreThe post Lonmin: still one[…]