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Investors should press Anglo American to tackle toxic lead legacy in Zambia
London Mining Network Feb 23, 2021Press release 23 February 2021Photo: Lawrence ThompsonRights groups write to 10 leading ESG investment firms urging them to intervene“Anglo American’s failure to act on the toxic legacy at Kabwe stands in sharp contrast … Read more The post Investors should press Anglo[…]
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GCM Resources: avoiding scrutiny
London Mining Network Feb 19, 2021A Joint Statement by Phulbari Solidarity Group, London Mining Network, Foil Vedanta, Urgewald and XR Asian Affinity NetworkThe London-listed coal mining company, GCM Resources plc, are holding their AGM this year on 25 February … Read more The post GCM[…]
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BHP’s denial of responsibility for impacts in Chile does not satisfy its critics
London Mining Network Feb 17, 2021Questions were raised at last year’s BHP AGM about the company’s impacts in Chile. But the company’s responses have failed to satisfy its critics.Commentary by Javiera MartinezThe Atacameño People’s Council raised questions with … Read more The post BHP’s denial[…]
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Continued impunity for Anglo American despite its impacts on the community of El Melón.
London Mining Network Feb 12, 2021The well occupation. Credit: Patricio Duran/El Melón communityBy Javiera MartinezChile faces one of the worst water scarcity crises in recent years (1). One of the main causes is mining activity in its territory. … Read more The post Continued impunity[…]
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Harmed by billionaire agreement, people affected by Vale’s crime in Brumadinho sue STF
London Mining Network Feb 12, 2021The original Brazilian Portuguese article by MAB is here. This English translation is by Gabriela Sarmet.With the support of ANAB, CASEC, PSOL and PT, action claims full hearing and reparation of damages in … Read more The post Harmed by[…]
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GCM runs scared of its own shareholders
London Mining Network Feb 10, 2021Last week, GCM Resources plc announced it would hold its AGM this year on 25 February but that ‘due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the AGM will be held virtually as a closed meeting with … Read more The post[…]
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The Challenges of Chancleta, a Community with Its Own Identity
London Mining Network Feb 9, 2021Chancleta is an Afro-descendant community in La Guajira, Colombia. Cerrejón forcibly resettled Chancleta, and its neighboring community, Patilla in 2013. Before the mine became an unwelcome neighbor, the communities enjoyed access to ample land for … Read more The post[…]
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BHP and its Antamina mine in Peru – Doubts from its online shareholder engagement session from 2020
London Mining Network Feb 4, 2021LMN together with member groups TerraJusta and Global Justice Now have written to BHP with a critique of its replies to questions raised about its operations in Peru at its online shareholder engagement session last … Read more The post[…]
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Remembrance, resistance and legal proceedings
London Mining Network Feb 2, 2021Dear friends,Monday 25 January was the second anniversary of the catastrophic tailings dam collapse at Vale’s iron ore mine at Brumadinho in Brazil. Vale is a Brazilian mining company with significant UK investment. We … Read more The post Remembrance,[…]
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Second Anniversary of Brumadinho Dam Collapse
London Mining Network Jan 25, 2021“They Profit, They Kill, They Flee” – Flávio Duarte. Commissioned by London Mining Network.25 January 2021 marks the second anniversary of the collapse of the tailings dam at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão mine … Read more The post Second Anniversary[…]
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“Vale’s Crime in Brumadinho” – Solidarity & Remembrance, Two Years On
London Mining Network Jan 25, 2021Gabriela Sarmet & Saul Jones“May Brumadinho be treated not only as a local case, but as a global testimony, so that no one, anywhere in the world, may experience the terror that we … Read more The post “Vale’s Crime[…]
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“Simply walk away”: To Rio Tinto, regarding Oak Flat
London Mining Network Jan 12, 2021Today, London Mining Network along with seven other environmental and Human Rights organisations wrote to Jakob Stausholm, CEO of Rio Tinto PLC on the issues of the company’s controversial plans for Oak Flat, Arizona. The … Read more The post[…]
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London Mining Network Statement on Just Transition and Transition Minerals
London Mining Network Jan 11, 2021The following statement was drafted in solidarity with mining-affected communities by the Just Transition LMN Working Group, and approved by all LMN members (on 7 December 2020).LMN, and its members, affirm that a rapid … Read more The post London[…]
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Money for nothing (or net zero)
London Mining Network Jan 10, 2021Time for mining and other companies to recognise the cost of their climate obligationsBy Terry Blackman, London Mining Network TreasurerThe accounting world was recently taken by a minor storm when the International Financial … Read more The post Money for[…]
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BHP Timeline
London Mining Network Dec 29, 2020Billiton 1851Billiton 1860BHP 1883BHP 1885BHP 1968BHP 1981BHP 1990BHP 1997 Billiton 2000 BHP Billiton 2001BHP Billiton 2001BHP Billiton 2001BHP Billiton 2002BHP Billiton 2005BHP Billiton … Read more The post BHP Timeline appeared first on London Mining Network.