by Richard | Nov 29, 2017 | News
Commemoration of the anniversary of the Marikana massacre, which occurred during a strike at Lonmin’s platinum operations in South Africa. Several of the companies mentioned in the press release below, and the accompanying letter, are listed in London. 29...
by Richard | Oct 6, 2017 | News
Yet again, there has been a brutal eviction carried out by the Colombian riot police for the benefit of mining company Cerrejón Coal, owned by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP and Glencore – and it was carried out on 28 September, not long before...
by Richard | Sep 21, 2017 | News
Colombia is currently experiencing a mining boom, especially in the extraction of coal, becoming the 9th largest exporter of steam coal in the world. However, despite having the support of the government, many of these mining operations have been accompanied by...
by Richard | Jul 25, 2017 | News
Human rights and environmental defenders challenging Anglo American’s Minas Rio project in Brazil have received threats, including death threats, from people who support the project. The Serviço Interfranciscano de Justiça, Paz e Ecologia and Franciscans...
by Richard | Jul 24, 2017 | Documents
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 about that project and the problems that it has caused. Briefing...
by Richard | May 3, 2017 | News
Patricia Generoso Thomas Guerra and Rodrigo Peret from Brazil outside the Anglo American AGM (photo: Christian McLaughlin) Report by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, and member of Colombia Solidarity Campaign, with assistance from Andy Whitmore and...
by Richard | Apr 21, 2017 | News
PRESS RELEASE – 21 April 2017 – London Mining Network Brazilians to challenge Anglo American push to expand tailings dam seven-times larger than deadly Samarco dam, next to the Doce River basin impacted by November 2015 disaster A villager from a community living...
by Richard | Mar 3, 2017 | News
Colombian riot police carry out forced eviction at Roche, La Guajira, Colombia, on 24 February 2016, so that the Cerrejon coal mine can expand. In late February, a delegation of Church investors from several countries visited coal mining regions in the provinces of...
by Richard | Feb 10, 2017 | News
Members of indigenous Wayuu communities recently blocked the railway carrying coal from the Cerrejon mine (a joint venture of BHP Billiton, Glencore and Anglo American) to the export port on the coast. The protest was violently attacked by police. The protest came in...
by Richard | Dec 20, 2016 | News
House at the resettled community of Tamaquito By Emma Banks, University of Tennessee, currently resident in La Guajira On November 29, three delegates from the German Company EnBW, which buys coal from Colombia including from Cerrejón, came to La Guajira. Johannes...
