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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Archive | Documents
NEW REPORT on Antofagasta in Chile launched
New report highlights allegations of corruption, environmental damage and water depletion around Latin America’s largest mine waste tailings dam, owned by British miner Antofagasta, released the week of their 2017 London AGM.
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How the EU intervenes in the fiscal policy of resource rich countries
Brexit talks may be rolling on, but the UK is still part of the EU for now. As such, London Mining Network has signed up to this new fact-sheet ‘We make the rules! How the …
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Data summary of European Commission report
The following is a summary attached of the E Comm report http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/mining/pdf/report_mining_waste.pdf (E Comm COM(2016) 553 Sept 2016 report to the European Parliament and European Council on on the implementation of Directive 2006/21/EC on the …
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Declaration on the assassination of Aldemar Parra Garcia
Monday, January 23rd 2017
The undersigning organizations condemn the assassination of Aldemar Parra García and express our deepest condolences to his family.
Facts
On January 7, Aldemar was assassinated by two unidentified gunmen on a …
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Demands of BHP Billiton from Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia
Visitors from three of the thirteen countries BHP Billiton operates in have come to London in search of accountability for the the company’s operations in their respective homes. These range from the fall-outs of the …
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CORE & London Mining Network launch guide for holding UK companies accountable in English courts for human rights abuses abroad
The aim of this guide is to help communities, workers, and civil society organisations supporting them, to understand the process of using legal action in England to hold UK companies to account for harming people …
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British companies leading new ‘£800bn scramble for Africa’ to control raw materials
London Mining Network member group War on Want has published a new report, The New Colonialism: Britain’s scramble for Africa’s energy and mineral respources.
British companies are at the forefront of a new …
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Report on Beyond Good Business conference on mining impacts on women
LMN member group LAMMP recently held a day conference on the impacts of mining on women. You can find a full report on the conference, and the presentations made, here.…
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Open letter to the EU parliament on conflict minerals
Ahead of a landmark vote on a new conflict minerals law to be held in the European Parliament on 20 May 2015, 157 civil society organisations urgently call on Members of the European Parliament to …
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Is the UK living up to its business & human rights commitments?
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre has published, ahead of the UK General Election on 7 May, a report called An agenda for the election, and recommendations for the next government.
British companies …
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New fact sheets from End Coal
London Mining Network is part of the international End Coal coalition. End Coal have recently published three fact sheets:
Towards Climate Catastrophe: the contribution of coal to climate change
http://endcoal.org/resources/towards-climate-catastrophe-the-contribution-of-coal-to-climate-change-2/?ref=all
Insatiable Thirst: how coal consumes …
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