TerraJusta: Arroyo Bruno, La Guajira, Colombia Misael Socarrás Ipuanas is a Wayúu Indigenous land defender from the La Guajira region of Colombia. On 12 December, Misael was attacked by gunmen who clearly intended to kill him. We are deeply concerned by and strongly...
Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) this week submitted a petition to the South Africa Parliament on Mining Accountability, Capital Flight, and Community Abandonment. Anglo American recently sold all shares in Anglo American Platinum, which has been...
Peruvian activists visit London to raise the alarm on the growing political, criminal, human rights and environmental crisis in their country – and the part that UK mining interests and consumers have to play. Four leading activists from Peru will share their...
Communities impacted by British mining company operations in Indonesia, Chile, South Africa and Peru have condemned the UK Government’s new Critical Minerals Strategy, warning it will “fuel social and environmental injustices across global supply chains”. The...
In a significant ruling at London’s High Courts, BHP has been found legally responsible for the catastrophic collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in Mariana, which took the lives of 20 people and left lasting environmental and emotional scars across Minas Gerais,...
This blog is a collaboration between LMN and cosmopolíticas in Brazil. On 5 November 2015, the catastrophic failure of the Fundão dam operated by Samarco Mineração S.A. – a joint venture between BHP owning 50% and Vale S.A. 50% – unleashed around 45...
