Mongolian herders protest at Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine

Mongolian herders protest at Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine

Traditional herders from Khanbogd, Mongolia, held a demonstration at the gates of the Rio-Tinto controlled Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine on Tuesday 11 January, 2022. The herders are demanding that the International Finance Corporation (the private finance arm of the...
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BHP AGM 2021 – the future is clear: we’re doomed

Report and personal reflection by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network 1. This year’s BHP plc AGM, held on 14 October at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster, central London, may have been the last ever: if shareholders vote at...