London Mining Network member group Eritrea Focus has just published a report, Mining and Repression in Eritrea: corporate complicity in human rights abuses.
The document, which is the first of its kind, pulls together information …
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Berkeley Energia uranium mining project in Spain ‒ the EU’s only new uranium mine?
Berkeley Energia’s planned uranium mine in Retortillo, Spain, faces resistance from a growing movement of local people and allies from Portugal to France. Richard Harkinson from the London Mining Network assesses the Australian-incorporated, London-listed company’s …
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Open letter on Berkeley’s impending move to London Stock Exchange
AIM regulation London Stock Exchange
Cc Financial Conduct Authority
Re Berkeley Energia
We are concerned with the potential significance of the recently announced moves of the AIM registered company Berkeley to seek full LSE listing …
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National Alliance of People’s Movements condemns killings of anti-Sterilite protesters
On 22 May, nine people were killed in Tuticorin, Southern India, during protests demanding closure of a Sterlite copper plant over pollution concerns.
Residents of Tuticorin town have been demanding closure of the London-listed Vedanta
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Mimika’s Coastal Dystopia – report
Indonesian organisation AEER, coordinated by LMN partner Pius Ginting, has just launched this report into mining waste (tailings) at Grasberg mine, a controversial mine in occupied West Papua, co-owned by British-Australian Rio Tinto …
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Press release – Marikana pushes for accountability from Lonmin before takeover
JOINT PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/03/18
Community leader, bishop and lawyer representing workers at Marikana, South Africa, visit London 12-16 March to hold platinum mining company Lonmin to account over 2012 Massacre
Lonmin …
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UN Body warns of more mining waste disasters, unless safety improves
The aftermath of Brazil’s 2015 Samarco mining waste disaster. Image by Paul Robson
The full UNEP report into mining waste disasters has been released today, following October’s assessment summary of the report.
An international …
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Mining waste threatens people and planet, says UN
A new UNEP report summary “Mine Tailings Storage: Safety Is No Accident” finds mining waste dams threaten people and the environment.
An international coalition of non-governmental organizations – London Mining Network, Earthworks, MiningWatch Canada …
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The River is Dead: LMN launches report into Brazil’s Samarco disaster
London Mining Network is releasing The River is Dead report today, two days before BHP’s annual general meeting on 19 October, about the Samarco dam disaster on 5th November 2015 which devastated communities all along …
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Community representatives come to London for BHP AGM
Visitors from three of the thirteen countries that BHP operates in have come to London in search of accountability for the company’s operations in their respective homes. These range from the fall-outs of the widely-known …
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Brazil, Colombia and the US make demands of BHP ahead of 2017 AGM
Visitors from three of the thirteen countries that BHP operates in have come to London in search of accountability for the company’s operations in their respective homes. These range from the fall-outs of the widely-known …
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Briefing on Anglo American’s Minas Rio iron ore mine in Brazil
In April, 2017, London Mining Network hosted visitors from Brazil for the AGM of Anglo American plc. They spoke about the impacts of Anglo American’s Minas Rio iron ore project. Here is a briefing …
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