Friends in Australia tackled Rio Tinto’s board on numerous issues at the company’s 5 May AGM, building on the interactions at the London AGM on 8 April. The company’s responses were similarly unimpressive. Notes were taken of the Question and Answer...
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Ana Reyes-Hurt, Andrew Hickman, Carlos Mitraud, Diana Salazar, Gabriela Sarmet, Javiera Martinez, Leah Sullivan, Paul Robson, Peter Frankental, Sebastian Ordonez and others, and particularly...
Richard Solly, Javiera Martínez, Mónica do Santos, Ella Barnes, Anaís Berlim, Alí Rocha, Marina Oliveira, Leticia Aleixo During the week before Easter, London Mining Network met with representatives of communities affected by the Samarco and Brumadinho disasters...
Glencore has its copper mining operations there. Credit: Ojo Público Over a decade ago, leaders from various Quechua communities in the area called for a thorough investigation which would allow them to identify the source of higher than recommended levels of...
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...