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LMN and the Global Tailings Review
London Mining Network Jan 13, 2020After the catastrophic tailings dam collapse at Brazilian mining company Vale’s iron ore mine at Brumadinho on 25 January 2019, the Church of England and Swedish state pension funds started to gather data on existing … Read more The post[…]
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Anniversary vigil for Brumadinho mining disaster
London Mining Network Jan 6, 2020Friday, 24 January 2020 from 16:00-18:00Embassy of Brazil, 14-16 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5BLOn 25 January, 2019, a catastophic tailings dam collapse took place at the Brumadinho iron ore mine operated by Brazilian … Read more The post Anniversary vigil[…]
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Chile’s Copper for the Chilean People
London Mining Network Dec 18, 2019For a new constitution making Chile a sovereign state not subordinated to foreign powersBy Chilean authors Javiera Martinez and Fernando Toro, and Andy Higginbottom Before the social explosion in Chile in October 2019, the … Read more The post Chile’s Copper[…]
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REPORT: Speculative mining in Spain
London Mining Network Dec 18, 2019Read a new report by Spanish grassroots organisation Ecologistas en Accion, Speculative mining in Spain.In the last five years Spain has seen a large increase of new open pit mining projects. This acceleration has … Read more The post REPORT:[…]
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Press release: GCM postpones AGM citing ‘security’ concerns
London Mining Network Dec 17, 2019Phulbari Solidarity GroupPRESS RELEASE 17th December 2019For immediate releaseBritish mining company GCM Resources has postponed tomorrow’s London AGM due to security risk from protests.In Phulbari, Bangladesh, protests today blocked roads demanding … Read more The post Press release: GCM postpones[…]
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PRESS RELEASE: protesters oppose GCM Resources in London and Bangladesh
London Mining Network Dec 16, 2019Phulbari Solidarity Group PRESS RELEASE 16th December 2019For immediate releaseSee our latest press release detailing news of the postponed AGM and demoProtesters in London and Bangladesh oppose AGM of GCM Resources … Read more The post PRESS RELEASE: protesters oppose[…]
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Globalise struggle, globalise hope – reflections from BHP education project
London Mining Network Nov 27, 2019In the second year of LMN’s BHP Witness project, we conducted two workshops at Kingston University with first year students around the annual shareholders’ meeting of mining giant BHP, in October.The first was … Read more The post Globalise struggle,[…]
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Dangerous levels of mercury found in river in Colombian region of La Guajira
London Mining Network Nov 25, 2019Cerrejon, an opencast coal mine in the north east of Colombia, is the largest coal mine in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. Cerrejon is owned by Carbones del Cerrejón – … Read more The post Dangerous[…]
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PRESS RELEASE: Alternative awards ceremony to turn spotlight on mining industry
London Mining Network Nov 25, 2019Environmental campaigners will present alternative awards including the ‘ruthless destroyer award’ to mining executives as they arrive at London’s prestigious ‘Mines and Money’ Gala Dinner in London this Tuesday.The awards will seek to highlight … Read more The post PRESS[…]
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VIDEO – Unmasking BHP: challenging the world’s largest mining company
London Mining Network Nov 7, 2019Last month four human rights defenders from Latin America travelled to London to speak truth to power at the British-Australian mining giant’s annual shareholders’ meeting, as part of a week of action, Unmasking BHP.The … Read more The post VIDEO[…]
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BHP’s London AGM, Thursday 17 October 2019: a fight between a tethered donkey and a tiger
London Mining Network Nov 6, 2019Report by Diana Salazar and Richard Solly with assistance from Benjamin Hitchcock, Glen Mpufane, Liz Umlas, Paul Robson and Seb Ordonez.1. As a lively demonstration against BHP continued outside the Queen Elizabeth II Centre … Read more The post BHP’s[…]
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Open letter to BHP on anniversary of Samarco dam collapse
London Mining Network Nov 5, 2019At 1.15pm today, representatives from London Mining Network, War on Want and Global Justice Now tried to hand in a letter at BHP’s London office, addressed to the company’s chair Ken MacKenzie, on the fourth … Read more The post[…]
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Press release: letter hand-in at BHP office on anniversary of Samarco dam collapse
London Mining Network Nov 5, 2019Today is the fourth anniversary of the Fundão tailings (mine waste) dam disaster in Mariana, a town in the Southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The Fundão dam and the associated iron ore mine, called … Read more The post[…]
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Media coverage of Unmasking BHP
London Mining Network Nov 1, 2019Media coverage of Unmasking BHP 2019 speakers’ tourEnglish press coverage (chronological order)Independent Catholic NewsTelegraph piece post-AGM (you can register for free to access):The Times, photo onlyMining News (behind a paywall, … Read more The post Media coverage of Unmasking BHP appeared[…]
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Unmasking BHP: frontline defenders inside the company’s AGM
London Mining Network Nov 1, 2019BHP held its London AGM (annual shareholders’ meeting) on Thursday 17 October. We aim to publish a full report and commentary on the AGM in the coming days. For now, we report on what the … Read more The post[…]