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LMN joins call to strip Rio Tinto of Human Rights ranking after Juukan Gorge destruction
London Mining Network Jul 9, 202035 organisations, including Aboriginal campaign groups, human rights lawyers and international NGOs have jointly signed a letter asking for Rio Tinto to lose a prestigious Human Rights ranking following the destruction of the 46,000 year … Read more The post[…]
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Cerrejón refuses work to young workers in Albania, La Guajira, Colombia
London Mining Network Jul 8, 2020The Cerrejon coal mine in the province of La Guajira, Colombia, is owned by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP and Glencore. It has a history of conflict with local farming and indigenous communities. It also … Read more The post[…]
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Anglo American in Chile: the community of El Melón and the sacrifice zone
London Mining Network Jul 3, 2020by Javiera MartinezThe original Spanish version of this article can be found here.During the current health crisis, Anglo American has constantly been officially stating, “The most important thing is the health and … Read more The post Anglo American in[…]
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Resources
London Mining Network Jun 30, 2020… Read more The post Resources appeared first on London Mining Network.
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New Education Newsletter & Resources page launched
London Mining Network Jun 25, 2020Kingston University workshop, 2020Education work is in an increasingly important part of what London Mining Network does.The workshops we run with schools, universities, youth and community groups in and around London raise awareness … Read more The post New Education[…]
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UN asked to suspend Cerrejon coal mining in Colombia
London Mining Network Jun 23, 2020The United Nations is being asked to call for the suspension of coal mining in the Provincial Reserve in la Guajira, Colombia, due to the COVID-19 emergency.Statement from Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo … Read more The post UN[…]
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Education Resources & Projects
London Mining Network Jun 22, 2020Here you can find the eduction resources we have prepared for classroom and workshop education sessions, as well as write ups of some of our education projects. If you’d like to know more or want … Read more The post[…]
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Yet another mining-related death threat in Colombia
London Mining Network Jun 19, 2020On 17 June, José Silva, president of Nación Wayuu, an NGO defending the human rights of the Wayuu people in La Guajira, found a floral wreath at the entrance to his home with a threatening … Read more The post[…]
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Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
London Mining Network Jun 18, 2020London Mining Network stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the international protests against racism and injustice following the murder of George Floyd by members of the Minneapolis Police Department.You do … Read more The post Solidarity[…]
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Mining Hazards: Occupational Diseases in a Post-Covid World
London Mining Network Jun 8, 2020A discussion piece from LMN volunteer Maynie;A still from the Chinese documentary Miners, Grooms, and Pneumoconiosis (2019). The film traces the suffering of villagers who have contracted pneumoconiosis from mining iron and tungsten… Read more The post Mining Hazards: Occupational[…]
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COVID-19 & the Mining Industry – New Report
London Mining Network Jun 3, 2020June 2nd, 2020 saw the release of a new global analysis that explores the four main ways in which the mining industry and states are profiting from the COVID-19 pandemic, at the expense of people … Read more The post[…]
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Caimanes: injustice, dust and megamining
London Mining Network May 29, 2020By Elif Karakartal, documentary film-maker and Master in Anthropology. Elif witnessed and reported the Caimanes conflict between 2012 and 2016 as an international observer with the Danielle Mitterrand Foundation.An earlier Spanish version of this … Read more The post Caimanes:[…]
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London-listed Danakali in Eritrea
London Mining Network May 22, 202022 May 2020Press Release from LMN member group Eritrea FocusWe note with concern the announcement that Danakali – an Australian based mining house, listed on the London Stock Exchange – is proceeding with … Read more The post London-listed Danakali[…]
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Three AGMs and a global pandemic
London Mining Network May 20, 2020Dear friends,We have recently intervened in two major mining company AGMs (annual shareholder meetings), those of Rio Tinto on 8 April and Anglo American on 5 May. Or rather, we haven’t, because we weren’t … Read more The post Three[…]
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Press Release: Antofagasta AGM 2020
London Mining Network May 19, 2020Toxic Dust Clouds, Water Crises & Legal Trouble: What Antofagasta’s Closed-Door AGM is Trying to Hide FromKey Points Antofagasta Minerals (one of the world’s ten largest copper mining companies) will hold its AGM behind … Read more The post Press[…]