Lisa Nandy MP and John McDonnell MP called yesterday for the British Government’s Financial Services Bill to be amended so that companies wishing to list on UK Stock Exchanges would need to report on their …
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Vedanta deprived of awards
Vedanta Aluminium’s Indian safety record is tarnished: Now it won’t get two prestigious UK awards
A subsidiary of controversy-dogged UK mining company Vedanta Resources has suffered not just one – but two – serious setbacks …
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Anglo American urged to act over tuberculosis claims
FTSE100 company facing legal action as South African workers say inadequate safety measures in place in mining operations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/apr/18/anglo-american-sued-miner-tuberculosis
See also:
Anglo must act to protect miners’ health
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/apr/18/anglo-must-protect-miners-health…
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Launch of Greenwash Gold 2012 Campaign
London Mining Network, UK Tar Sands Network and Bhopal Medical Appeal launch the ‘Greenwash Gold 2012′ Campaign today. See the campaign website at http://www.greenwashgold.org/.
See also http://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/03/launch-of-greenwash-gold-2012-campaign/ and media coverage below.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/15/protest-groups-olympics-sponsors-campaign.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/an-unlikely-protest-pinup-for-the-summers-olympic-games-7646602.html…
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London 2012 Olympics: Anti-BP activists carry out sponsor sacking hoax as protests grow
The official London 2012 Olympic Games website was faked on Wednesday by protesters demanding that BP be dropped as one of the event’s official sponsors.
Next Monday a coalition of three significant protest groups – …
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Rio Tinto Is on the Stand Over Olympic Medals, Shareholder Meeting
When top athletes ascend the awards podium at the Summer Olympic Games in London, the medals draped around their necks will be made primarily of metals mined by the London-based multinational company Rio Tinto. The …
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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.
Move Beyond Coal, Now
The coal industry is racing to ensure its place in our world’s future before safer, healthier and cheaper clean energy takes hold.
Ill-equipped to compete and survive in the emerging clean energy economy it must …
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UK groups call on UN to call UK Government to book over corporate racism
Submissions to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 79th Session with regard to the United Kingdom’s responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples overseas in …
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Rio Tinto AGM 14 April 2011
Rio Tinto’s AGM took place in London at 11am on Thursday 14 April. Protests outside were led by Utah Moms for Clean Air and supported by London Mining Network. For more information, click on headline.