Vote Rio Tinto for Greenwash Gold 2012

Vote Rio Tinto for Greenwash Gold 2012

Vote for Rio Tinto for Greenwash Gold 2012! Rio Tinto is providing the metal for the 2012 Olympic Medals. Visit www.greenwashgold.org. And support locked out workers at Alma, Quebec, as they call for Rio Tinto to be pushed off the podium! Click on image for more...
Launch of Greenwash Gold 2012 Campaign

Launch of Greenwash Gold 2012 Campaign

London Mining Network, UK Tar Sands Network and Bhopal Medical Appeal have launched our ‘Greenwash Gold 2012′ Campaign. See the campaign website at http://www.greenwashgold.org/ and vote for the company you think should win Greenwash Gold.
Report calls for stricter regulation of UK mining companies

Report calls for stricter regulation of UK mining companies

London Mining Network has today published a report calling on the government to include a review of regulatory regimes as part of the current discussion on the Financial Services Bill. The Bill is replacing the …
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Launch of the Pandora's Box Report

Launch of the Pandora’s Box Report

Gaia Foundation has published a report, Opening Pandora's Box - A New Wave of Land Grabbing for the Extractive Industries and The Devastating Impact on Earth.
What's London got to do with mining?

What’s London got to do with mining?

Most of the world’s biggest mining companies, and many smaller mining companies, are listed on the London Stock Exchange, including its Alternative Investment Market (AIM). London is the world’s biggest centre for investment in the minerals industry: British high street and investment banks (like Barclays, HSBC, RBS, Citibank and Standard...
What we do

What we do

The London Mining Network (LMN) is an alliance of human rights, development and environmental groups. We pledge to expose the key role of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, London-based funders and the British Government in the promotion of unacceptable mining projects. Read more on our About page...
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No to CoAL!

Video from Water Open Day

The London-listed mining corporation Coal of Africa Ltd (CoAL) continues to push forward with plans to open a coking coal mine in the Venda region of South Africa.

A recent …
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Rio returns to PNG

RIO Tinto has joined the growing ranks of major miners lured to Papua New Guinea. It did not make any grand announcements on the matter but has picked up at least three tenements.

See http://www.pngindustrynews.net/storyview.asp?storyid=8682927&sectionsource=s0
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Indigenous and Afro-Colombians of Jiguamiandó – Rights are Upheld

The Colombian Constitutional Court has once again reaffirmed the suspension order made on Muriel Mining Corporation’s Mandé Norte Project in Chocó. Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining corporations (and registered on the …
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Qatar plonks $4 billion on Xstrata and hands Glasenberg another victory

The Financial Times reports that the oil and natural gas rich nation of Qatar has plans to up its stake in Xstrata, currently negotiating a $90 billion merger with Glencore International, to over 10%, which …
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Glencore threatens to pull out of countries that want too much

Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg told a conference in Switzerland that mining companies will fight resource nationalism by pulling out of countries where they feel demands are too onerous.

See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=150864&sn=Detail&pid=92730.

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Philippines: Miners and military create refugees

Displaced indigenous peoples’ leaders and human rights activists from Mindanao have been in Manila to condemn the military actions that forced them from their homes. As their testimony noted, many were driven out to make …
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U.N. to rule on carbon offsets from coal plants

The main U.N.-appointed panel that regulates supply of global carbon offsets could this week decide whether to approve rules that would lead to the award of millions of CO2 credits to coal-fired power stations in …
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European Slump Leads Utilities To Burn More Coal

Europe’s economic slump is allowing utilities in some countries to burn increasing amounts of cheap, highly polluting coal for electricity generation and still meet legally binding targets to cut carbon dioxide emissions, Reuters research shows.…
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Xstrata parody leaves mining giant fuming yet again

EFFORTS by coal giant Xstrata to purge a parody mining commercial from video site YouTube have backfired, reigniting interest in the months-old clip. The commercial, created as part of a union campaign by former Chaser …
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Coal in Scotland

Another Scottish Coal Lorry Overturns in Clydesdale

This one came off the road at Junction 11 of the M74 spilling its load. Thankfully no one was hurt. This accident follows a constant stream of spillages, …
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Indonesia: No checks on coal mining, says government report

Indonesia is the world’s top coal exporter. However, limitations in the supervision of its extraction may be placing the country at risk of massive financial losses and environmental damage. That’s  the conclusion of  an investigation, …
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London Metal Exchange looking to expand in Asia

The London Metal Exchange (LME), the world’s biggest marketplace for industrial metals, will invest heavily in Asia and is planning to expand its Singapore office, Chief Executive Martin Abbott said.

See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=150788&sn=Detail&pid=92730.…
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