In 2009, the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights conducted an inquiry on business and human rights.
London Mining Network and a number of its member groups and associates made submissions to this inquiry.…
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UK Parliamentary human rights committee issues report on UK businesses
Last updated: Jan 7, 2010
Peru: Violence Targets Anti-Mining Activists
Last updated: Dec 15, 2009
On Wednesday 2nd of December a new violent confrontation between local residents and police occurred in the town of Cajas Canchaque, district of Carmen de la Frontera, in the province of Huancabamba, northern Peru. During …
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MINING CONFLICT IN PERÚ LEAVES TWO DEAD
Last updated: Dec 4, 2009
Report on the European tour by Indigenous women from Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru
Last updated: Nov 20, 2009
Peru: Rio Blanco Copper mining camp attacked, two guards killed
Last updated: Nov 5, 2009
Two security officers were killed and seven are still missing after a group of 20 people attacked and burned a Rio Blanco Cooper mining camp, said the company’s general manager, Jian Wu. The bizarre incident …
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Court Upholds Injunction by Peruvian Torture Victims Freezing Assets of British Mining Company
Last updated: Nov 5, 2009
Peru Support Group and CAFOD Statement
On Friday 16th October a High Court decision upheld the injunction to freeze the assets of British mining company Monterrico Metals. Mrs Justice Gloster ruled that the Claimants …
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British mining corporation faces damages claim after allegations of torture in Peru
Last updated: Oct 20, 2009
Monterrico Metals is facing a multimillion-pound claim for damages after protesters were detained and allegedly tortured at an opencast copper plant that the firm is seeking to develop in the mountains of northern Peru. In …
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Peru: Mining company faces torture allegations
Last updated: Jun 30, 2009
As alleged victims of torture in Peru bring an injunction against British mining company Monterrico Metals, NGOs are calling for foreign victims of UK corporate abuses to have better access to justice in English courts. …
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LMN submission to UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights
Last updated: May 7, 2009
The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) called in March for evidence to be presented to an inquiry into business and human rights. The JCHR’s call for evidence is posted below London Mining …
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News about Monterrico Metals’ Rio Blanco project, Peru
Last updated: Apr 8, 2009
From the Vicaría del Medio Ambiente de Jaén VIMA
31 March 2009
Charge of terrorism dropped again
On the third of March 2009, the provincial department of the public prosecutor in Piura dropped the charges …
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Peru blames police in copper mine torture case
Last updated: Mar 25, 2009
Peruvian prosecutors have accused police of torturing protesters at a mining camp in 2005 but cleared a British-Chinese metals company and its security firm of wrongdoing.
Lawyers for Fedepaz, the rights group that filed the …
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London Calling asks: who’s taking AIM – and why has no-one been fired?
Last updated: Mar 6, 2009
The London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), set up in 1995, has provided a highly significant boost to London’s emerging role as the global centre for mining-related finance. Companies listed on AIM have contributed …
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