With some 23 million people already suffering globally from the impacts of existing toxic water contamination as a result of mine tailings and wastewater, and this number likely to increase with the exponential increase of mineral extraction for the energy transition,...
The following is a translation of a statement made by the International Mission to #StopISDS. See the original statement in Spanish on CAJAR’s website here. This translation was first posted by MiningWatch Canada. “Foreign investors use the dispute...
On 1 March 2024, the International Resource Panel (IRP) launched an update of its 2019 Global Resources Outlook (GRO) report. The report covers the increasing demands for metals and minerals, which will of course mean more mining. Here is LMN’s statement on the...
In recent years, two mining tailings dams broke in the state of Minas Gerais, causing Brazil’s worst ever socio-environmental disasters. Hundreds were killed, millions were affected. Communities were displaced and two main rivers became mud, flooding the...
LMN is delighted to announce our second Resisting Mining Book Club of 2024 with guest speakers Matthew Quest and Ryan Cecil Jobson, who will be speaking about Eusi Kwayana’s classic work The Bauxite Strike and the Old Politics (AK Press, 1972) and its resonance for...
Last week, London Mining Network (supported by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)) have filed a landmark legal action at the UK High Court against the London Metal Exchange (LME or Exchange). We’re arguing that, by enabling the global sale of ‘dirty metals’,...
Five years ago, on January 25, 2019, Brazil witnessed its second devastating mine dam collapse in the space of four years. The Brumadinho dam disaster left an indelible mark on the landscape of Minas Gerais and on our collective consciousness, reminding us of the...
En Español debajo El Melon is a semi-rural area in the mountains of Valparaiso in central Chile, with a population of around 12,000 people. Since 2003, the British company Anglo American operates ‘El Soldado’, a nearby open pit copper mine with a...
17 January, 18:00 – 20:00, Online Event – register now At this event, author Nandini Sundar will give a short presentation on the main themes of the book and will take questions from the audience. There will be space for discussion and sharing ideas...
A South African court has stopped a historic class action of 140,000 women and children from proceeding after the Zambian community came forward to seek redress for decades of lead contamination. “This decision compounds a historic wrong, not yet remedied. Thousands...
Early Day Motion (EDM) 136 outlines the human and environmental abuses and concerns of indigenous communities in Colombia and Peru. We as UK citizens have an obligation and a responsibility to these communities as Glencore is registered on the London Stock Exchange...
This petition is now closed. The letter, with 260 signatures, was delivered electronically to the executive board of Glencore, the Presidential office of Colombia and the Colombian Chancellery. (en español debajo) Glencore, the multi-billion dollar Swiss mining giant,...