Open letter to the President of Cerrejón Coal and the Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Glencore
7 June 2016
Roberto Junguito, President, Cerrejón Coal
Sir John Parker, Chairman, Anglo …
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Tag Archives | Anglo American
Workers with silicosis win legal victory in South Africa
In South Africa, the struggle for justice for former gold miners suffering from silicosis has taken a step forward with a landmark judgement on 13 May, which has paved the way for a class-action …
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The real world is thus: the 2016 Anglo American AGM
The eviction at Roche, La Guajira, Colombia, by the Colombian riot police squadron, ESMAD, 24 February 2016
AGM report by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator of London Mining Network and member of Colombia Solidarity Campaign
This year’s …
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HSBC under attack for coal financing, human rights abuse, dodgy deals and more
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, and member of Colombia Solidarity Campaign
My colleague from LMN, Richard Harkinson, and I joined friends from Move Your Money at the AGM of international bank HSBC on …
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Cerrejon Coal: brutal evictions of villagers resisting relocation
La Guajira, Colombia: On Wednesday 24 February, the last family of villagers who had returned to the old village site at Roche out of frustration at conditions in the new settlement constructed by Cerrejon Coal …
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It’s all kicking off at Cerrejon Coal
Houses in the community of New Roche, June 2014 (photo: Richard Solly)
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Julia Lagoutte
We have just received news that many families from three of …
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London’s mining history, from colonialism to apartheid: Why Rhodes Must Fall
From Cape to Cairo – Rhodes` vision of the conquest of Africa. He got as far as Northen Rhodesia , modern day Zambia, and through his agent and companies influenced mining development as far as …
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Reclaim Power and Defend Life: a tour
On the 9 October, as part of global #ReclaimPower mobilisations, London Mining Network and other groups in London held an action tour in Central London, stopping at various companies and government agencies that are enabling …
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Mining on Top Africa London Summit disrupted
By Hal Rhoades of LMN member group Gaia Foundation
Yesterday members of UK civil society held an action in central London to challenge the Mining On Top Africa: London Summit.
Two of us managed …
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This was the place that Isidro called home
by Diana Salazar, Emma Banks and Doris Salazar
Diana Salazar of LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign has just visited La Guajira, Colombia, as part of a delegation organised by US organisation Witness for Peace…
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Take action: Stop the river diversion at the Cerrejón mine in Colombia
Mine workers from the Sintracarbon union at the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia were in Britain last month for the Anglo American AGM, the Scottish Trade Union Congress meeting and meetings of IndustriALL global mine …
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Anglo American: death and diversions
Report on the Anglo American AGM, Thursday 23 April 2015
by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network
- Company pressed on climate issues but puts its faith in technological fixes rather than pulling out of coal
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