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BHP is not very engaging
London Mining Network Sep 23, 2020The aftermath of the Samarco tailings dam collapse in Minas Gerais, Brazil, November 2015By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining NetworkBHP’s online ‘shareholder engagement session’ on Wednesday 23 September represented a masterful step forward … Read more The post BHP is[…]
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BHP – Fine Words, Foul Play
London Mining Network Sep 22, 2020BHP Group’s Annual General Meetings are coming up on 14 October (BHP Group Limited, Australia) and 15 October (BHP Group plc, London) but with very limited opportunities for shareholders to participate.BHP Group plc is … Read more The post BHP[…]
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International Resistance to Mining Film Festival
London Mining Network Sep 17, 2020In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement, Indigenous activists and mining affected communities across the globe, London Mining Network presents the International Resistance to Mining Film Festival. This programme of highly acclaimed documentary films … Read more The post[…]
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Legal victory over Anglo American in Brazil
London Mining Network Sep 17, 2020Anglo American has withdrawn its lawsuit against the organisations Nucleus of Assistance to Communities Affected by Dams (NACAB) and the Israel Pinheiro Foundation (FIP) and against the Minas Gerais State Secretariat (SEMAD). The judge has … Read more The post[…]
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Community Resistance to Multinational Mining in the Philippines
London Mining Network Sep 17, 2020Indigenous groups in the Philippines are facing increasing pressure under the Duterte government. They are losing their land, livelihood, and resources to extractive industries, illegal logging, and monocrop plantations among others.The community of Didipio, … Read more The post Community[…]
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Questions to Beowulf
London Mining Network Sep 10, 2020British company Beowulf has been trying for years to start mining iron ore in the ancestral territory of the indigenous Sámi people in northern Sweden. London Mining Network has supported Sámi organisations in opposing the … Read more The post[…]
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Union on Strike Refusing ‘Death Shift’ at Latin America’s Largest Coal Mine
London Mining Network Sep 10, 2020Sintracarbón mine workers’ union goes on strike at Cerrejón, ColombiaThe Cerrejón coal mine is jointly owned by London based companies Anglo American, Glencore and BHP.The union is resisting company attempts to reduce the … Read more The post Union on[…]
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Why are workers at Cerrejon Coal on strike?
London Mining Network Sep 3, 2020The Cerrejon mine is the largest opencast coal mine in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. It is owned by three mining companies listed on the London Stock Exchange – Anglo … Read more The post[…]
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Legal struggle with Anglo American hots up in Brazil
London Mining Network Sep 2, 2020Last week, communities affected by Anglo American’s Minas Rio iron ore mine blocked roads in protest against the company’s withdrawal of funding of independent technical advice.Anglo American was obliged to establish an Independent Technical … Read more The post Legal[…]
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Colombia: legal intervention to protect Arroyo Bruno
London Mining Network Aug 28, 2020The dried up bed of the Arroyo Bruno below the diversion, July 2019Legal Clinic research to protect the rights of a riverIndigenous communities threatened by climate change in Colombia had successfully argued in … Read more The post Colombia: legal[…]
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Protests against Anglo American in Brazil
London Mining Network Aug 27, 2020Members of communities affected by Anglo American’s Minas Rio iron ore operations in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, blocked roads earlier this week in protest against the company’s withdrawal of funding for independent technical … Read more The post[…]
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Blood, Coal & the London Stock Exchange
London Mining Network Aug 26, 2020Marking the 14th Phulbari Day, Campaigners Demand GCM Resources be De-listed from London Stock Exchange26 August is Phulbari Day, marking anniversary of three young Bangladeshi protesters in 2006.A coalition of activists held … Read more The post Blood, Coal &[…]
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Glencore under fire from Yukpa Indigenous People in Cesar, Colombia
London Mining Network Aug 20, 2020On August 10, 2020, the governors of the six communities of the Yukpa People, who live in the Colombian Department (Province) of Cesar sent an open letter to various Colombian authorities, including the Attorney General, … Read more The post[…]
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Global Industry Standards of Tailings Management: Not Enough to Prevent Disaster
London Mining Network Aug 11, 2020On 5 August 2020, the Global Tailings Review launched its new Global Industry Standards of Tailings Management (GISTM). These standards are aimed at preventing tailings disasters such as the Brumadinho collapse of January 2019, but … Read more The post[…]
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Solidarity with workers at Cerrejon faced with ‘shift of death’
London Mining Network Aug 4, 2020On 3 August 2020, LMN and member groups Colombia Solidarity Campaign and TerraJusta, together with allies in Europe and North America, wrote to Cerrejon Coal and its multinational owners Anglo American, BHP and Glencore, to … Read more The post[…]