World’s largest mining company challenged at AGM
Thursday 29 October 2009
“While you are getting a good standard of life … we Wayuu are eating food contaminated with coal … Why, when you have money in your bank accounts, why are our people living in worse conditions?”
- Karmen Ramirez, Wayuu from Colombia
A number of community activists and shareholders raised issues around the environment [...]
Community representatives in London to challenge world’s biggest mining multinational
Representatives of communities facing displacement by the massive Cerrejon mine are attending the Annual General Meeting of BHP Billiton plc in London on Thursday 29 October.
BHP Billiton is the biggest mining company in the world. Its headquarters are in Australia but it is also listed on the London Stock Exchange. BHP Billiton owns one-third of [...]
British mining corporation faces damages claim after allegations of torture in Peru
Monterrico Metals is facing a multimillion-pound claim for damages after protesters were detained and allegedly tortured at an opencast copper plant that the firm is seeking to develop in the mountains of northern Peru. In a case that will highlight growing tensions between powerful mining interests in Peru and alliances of poor subsistence farmers and [...]
Treasury taken to court for RBS loans to Vedanta Resources, GCM
Ministers face embarrassment in the high court when the Treasury is forced to explain why the state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has been lending money to the controversial mining firm Vedanta Resources, whose activities have been criticised by another government department. The legal battle will highlight the financial support being given by the bank to [...]
The London Declaration – 2008
The London Declaration is the founding document of Mines and Communities and encapsulates key demands being made by many communities affected by mining around the world.
Read and sign on at http://www.minesandcommunities.org/LondonDeclaration.
