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It is time to respond, Glencore – an open letter
Twenty-three years after the violent displacement from Tabaco, there is no collective relocation nor collective and individual reparations for members of the Tabaco community. The displacement of the African-descent community of Tabaco in La Guajira, Colombia,...
Glencore: showing improvement in self-presentation
Now reality needs to catch up Report on the Glencore plc AGM held (appropriately) at the Casino Theatre, Zug, Switzerland, Wednesday 29 May 2024 Outside the Casino Theatre, a vibrant protest was held against Glencore’s multiple negative impacts, particularly that of...
Glencore is causing global discontent
Yesterday, 29 May, Glencore hosted its AGM in Zug, Switzerland. It was intended as a celebration of the company's achievements during the past year. In response, people around the globe have been demonstrating their discontent with Glencore, as its mining projects...
Answering questions that nobody asked
Report on the Fresnillo plc AGM, 21 May 2024 Photo: Alejandro Ruiz Representatives and friends of the El Bajio community, London Mining Network, ShareAction and Transform Trade attended the AGM to raise concerns about the activities of Fresnillo plc’s subsidiary...
6 June – Resisting Mining Book Club: Dismantling Green Colonialism
LMN is delighted to announce our third Resisting Mining Book Club of 2024 with guest speakers Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell, who will be speaking about their edited collection Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region (Pluto...
Anglo American’s finances so poor they can’t even afford headsets
Report on the Anglo American AGM, Tuesday 30 April 2024 By Richard Solly, assisted by Ana Reyes-Hurt, Andy Higginbottom, Diana Salazar, Jake Simms, Kerima Mohideen, Malvika Gupta, Paul Robson, Rebeca Binda and Sebastian Ordonez Introduction by Richard Solly At least...
A tribute to Samuel Arregoces
By Diana Salazar, Emma Banks, Richard Solly and Seb Ordonez With immense sadness we learnt of the premature death, on Saturday 27 April 2024, of our beloved friend and colleague Samuel Arregoces, from the community of Tabaco in La Guajira, Colombia. Samuel was buried...
Anglo American intensifies land control and continues fragmenting communities
In January 2024, El Melon’s trade association of farmers and livestock farmers sent this public letter to Anglo American about conflicts over common land near the company's El Soldado copper mine in Chile. The company has responded with this letter: Board of...
8 May – Extraction and appropriation: trade and (dis)order between Brazil and UK
Join us to learn from the Kayapo and Munduruku Indigenous peoples alongside community leaders from the regions of the Trombetas and Xingu Rivers in the Brazilian Amazon, who are affected by gold and bauxite extraction in their lands. We will interrogate issues of...
Voices resisting Corporate control: Anglo American Listen up
We are pleased to announce that Luis Acevedo, the President of the Trade Association of Farmers and Livestock Farmers from El Melon in Chile, is visiting London to present the Association’s demands for the impacts caused by Anglo American in their territories. His...