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Special Preview Screening – Jozi Gold
Between 30 Nov and 2 Dec 2020, we're excited to be hosting a special preview of the documentary Jozi Gold. We are hosting this film as a counter-narrative to the 'Mines & Money' conference, which will be running on the same dates raising millions in investment for...
A Barmecide Feast: legal action against BHP for the Samarco disaster
By London Mining Network researcher Paul Robson A Barmecide Feast is a pretend or illusory act of generosity; and the beneficiary is supposed to be grateful for the fake generosity. It comes from a story in The Arabian Nights in which a prince invites a poor, starving...
Mining-affected communities remember, rise up, resist – and even investors are unnerved
Dear friends, I hope you are all surviving the continued difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We have recently published a major new report, Martial Mining, about the links between mining and militarism. We have also revised our popular education board game...
PhoneCycle Game V2.0
Our updated and upgraded PhoneCycle game is here! To download your free copy of the game, just complete the short form below! What is PhoneCycle? The Trivial Pursuit-style board game can be played by six to eight...
Indigenous people in Provincial, Colombia, ban Cerrejon Coal personnel from entering their community
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Press Release from the Committee of Defenders of the Territory of the Indigenous Reservation of Provincial and Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective. (Read original Spanish text here.) Cerrejon Coal Mine lies and act in a fraudulent way...
English justice frustrates the expectations of those affected by the Mariana tragedy
This is a translation of an article which appeared in Estado de Minas Gerais on 9 November 2020 The judgement in this case can be read here. LMN is dismayed by this further barrier to justice for the huge number of people affected by the Samarco disaster, a disaster...
Martial Mining Report, Out Now
On Environmental Conflict Day, London Mining Network launched the Martial Mining report. This piece of original research focuses on the relationship between extractivism and war, highlighting the necessity of metals and minerals for militarism, and the need for...
Press Release: “Profit is not worth life” – Five years on from Samarco Dam disaster
Key points The Fundão dam at the Samarco mine (owned by Vale & BHP), Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, collapsed on 5 November 2015. 20 people died, 3 villages were destroyed and over 600km of waterways were polluted with toxic mine waste. The aftermath of this...
MARIANA 5 YEARS ON: THE CRIME IS RENEWED (“O CRIME SE RENOVA”)
Press release from Caritas Minas Gerais, translated by London Mining Network On the fifth anniversary of Brazil's biggest socio-environmental crime, projections in several cities of the country and actions in social networks denounce the slowness of the reparation...
LMN statement for 5th anniversary of the Samarco disaster
London Mining Network (LMN) Solidarity Statement London Mining Network (LMN) has drafted this declaration to express solidarity with the populations affected by the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This 5 November marks the fifth...
