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Would you like to become our new Communications Coordinator?
London Mining Network Feb 19, 2020Job title: Communications coordinatorOrganisation: London Mining NetworkLocation: Finsbury Park, north LondonSalary: £21,840 (total)Contract: Permanent, PAYE employeeHours: 21 per week (days are flexible)Holiday: 17 days (total)London Mining Network works … Read more The post Would you like to become our new[…]
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PRESS RELEASE: New report names top British companies responsible for toxic mining legacies
London Mining Network Feb 19, 2020For immediate release 19/02/20BHP and Rio Tinto have a long history of extracting minerals then pulling out, leaving devastation in their wake. Climate justice organisation London Mining Network reveals the extent of this in … Read more The post PRESS[…]
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‘It is not drought, it is looting’: the Chilean community taking on Anglo American
London Mining Network Feb 14, 2020Chilean activist Javiera Martinez writes about residents of the town of El Melón, who are occupying a well to protest a British mining company’s diversion of essential drinking water‘It is not drought, it is … Read more The post ‘It[…]
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‘Wasn’t Mariana enough? Marking one year since Brumadinho
London Mining Network Jan 27, 2020“On 25 January 2019 I lost my father and my friends. Many family members worked and work for mining companies. We have tried to make an inventory of our collective losses but nothing can … Read more The post ‘Wasn’t[…]
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PRESS RELEASE: London vigil to mark first anniversary of Brumadinho disaster
London Mining Network Jan 22, 2020For immediate release: 22/01/20Events around the world are being organised to mark first anniversary of Brumadinho’s catastrophic mining disaster, in the context of a rising culture of corporate impunity in BrazilOn 25th January … Read more The post PRESS RELEASE:[…]
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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[…]