Flat contradiction: no meeting of minds at the Antofagasta AGM

Flat contradiction: no meeting of minds at the Antofagasta AGM

London Mining Network, War on Want, Chile 40 Years On, and others, protested outside the AGM of Antofagasta plc on Wednesday 12 June, and raised concerns inside. Click on the photo for more details...
London Mining Network welcomes announcement of parliamentary enquiry into extractives companies

London Mining Network welcomes announcement of parliamentary enquiry into extractives companies

London Mining Network welcomes the suggestion that there may be a parliamentary enquiry into London-listed mining companies, draws attention to its own report.
Report calls for stricter regulation of UK mining companies

Report calls for stricter regulation of UK mining companies

London Mining Network has published a report calling on the government to include a review of regulatory regimes as part of the current discussion on the Financial Services Bill. The Bill is replacing the existing …
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What's London got to do with mining?

What’s London got to do with mining?

Most of the world’s biggest mining companies, and many smaller mining companies, are listed on the London Stock Exchange, including its Alternative Investment Market (AIM). London is the world’s biggest centre for investment in the minerals industry: British high street and investment banks (like Barclays, HSBC, RBS, Citibank and Standard...
What we do

What we do

The London Mining Network (LMN) is an alliance of human rights, development and environmental groups. We pledge to expose the key role of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, London-based funders and the British Government in the promotion of unacceptable mining projects. Read more on our About page...
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Stop Harper! Canadian PM met by multiple tar sands protests in London

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was met by a large crowd of protesters from 30 environmental and human rights groups when he visited London yesterday.

Five activists were arrested after blocking the entrance to Harper’s speech …
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UK government accepts complaint over GCM Resources’ Bangladesh coal mine

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Phulbari’s fertile farmlands are Bangladesh’s rice bowl. (Photo courtesy of JACSES)

British company GCM Resources was dealt a serious blow today as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) agreed to consider complaints regarding …
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Dongria pressure Governor to consult all villages in gram sabhas

On Wednesday a group of eighteen Dongria Kond from the threatened Niyamgiri mountain range in Odisha, India descended on Bhubaneswar to meet the Odisha Governor SC Jamir demanding that all affected villages are consulted on …
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Rallying cry: Dongria stand firm against Vedanta mine

During a rally of defiance, India’s Dongria Kondh have vowed to defend their Niyamgiri Hills against an open pit mine by British mining giant Vedanta Resources, and demanded the release of village leaders ahead of …
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India: Comply with Supreme Court ruling on Mining in Niyamgiri Hills, says Amnesty

Amnesty International urges authorities in the eastern Indian state of Odisha to fully respect a recent Supreme Court ruling and hold village assembly (gram sabha) meetings in all of 80-odd Dongria Kondh Adivasi (Indigenous) and …
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Glencore banks on a new direction

The world’s largest minerals trading conglomerate now appears to be placing a lot of  faith in big – if not bad – bankers to lift its recent lacklustre performance; not to mention some fiscal and …
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Glencore Xstrata studies Rio coal-assets combination plan

Glencore Xstrata Plc, the biggest exporter of power station coal, is studying a plan to combine some of its Australian coal operations with mines run by Rio Tinto Group, according to two people familiar with …
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Glencore Investigated by Italy on $158 Million Tax-Evasion Claim

Glencore Xstrata Plc, the world’s largest exporter of power station coal, is being investigated by Italian tax police, which accused the group of evading more than 120 million euros ($158 million) in taxes. The authorities …
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Rio Tinto agrees sale of Eagle project

Rio Tinto has reached a binding agreement to sell its Eagle project to Lundin Mining Corporation for an estimated US$325 million in cash. This transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2013 …
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London Calling on a win for gold, but not the Great Game

It’s the only Great Game worth playing (everyone knows that, but some people unfortunately still don’t recognise it). However football (soccer, that’s to say, not the US pretence) has had its image distinctly tarnished in …
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Major UK tungsten project starts to move

A south west England mining revival is getting under way with development of the Hemerdon tungsten/tin property which will be one of the world’s largest tungsten mines.

See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-industrial-metals-minerals-old?oid=193976&sn=Detail.

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Disputes continue in South African platinum belt

Amcu set to defy Motlanthe

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) looks set to ignore Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s efforts to bring stability to the mining sector by embarking on yet another wildcat …
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