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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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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[…]
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Unmasking BHP: Human rights defenders meet with investors
London Mining Network Oct 23, 2019On 22 October, four frontline defenders in the UK for Unmasking BHP week met with BHP investors in Westminster, London. This was minutes walk away from where BHP held its annual general meeting (AGM) on … Read more The post[…]
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PRESS RELEASE: Frontline defenders expose BHP’s role in climate breakdown
London Mining Network Oct 15, 201915/10/19 – For immediate releaseFrontline human rights defenders travel from Latin America to the UK to share their experiences of climate breakdown, the threat of violence and the greenwashing tactics of multinational mining company … Read more The post PRESS[…]
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VIDEO: Unmasking BHP
London Mining Network Oct 8, 2019Unmasking BHP is between 12-24 October.Four frontline defenders are travelling from Latin America to the UK to challenge the world’s largest mining corporation, BHP, about its deadly extractive operations which harm people and planet.… Read more The post VIDEO: Unmasking[…]
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VIDEO: Stop UK company’s expansion of mine into Bruno river!
London Mining Network Oct 4, 2019Ahead of our Unmasking BHP week of action between 14-22 October, Leobardo Sierra speaks about the impact of a British multinational mining company’s diversion of the river upon which he and his community depends. The … Read more The post[…]
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Unmasking BHP: introducing the defenders…
London Mining Network Sep 28, 2019Four environmental human rights defenders are travelling from Latin America to the UK for Unmasking BHP – a week of arts, protest and discussion to mobilize around the London-listed mining company’s annual shareholders’ meeting.Between … Read more The post Unmasking[…]
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Unmasking BHP week: protest mega-mining and climate breakdown
London Mining Network Sep 20, 2019Four environmental human rights defenders are travelling from Latin America to the UK for Unmasking BHP – a week of arts, protest and discussion to mobilize around the London-listed mining company’s annual shareholders’ meeting.Join … Read more The post Unmasking[…]
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New report exposes mining industry’s greenwashing
London Mining Network Sep 16, 2019War on Want and London Mining Network launch joint report exposing greenwashing of mining industry, ahead of Global Climate StrikeMonday 16 September will see the launch of ‘A Just Transition is a Post-extractive Transition’… Read more The post New report[…]