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New Education Resource: Marikana Lesson Materials
On 16th August 2012, 34 workers on strike for a living wage were murdered by the police at a platinum mine owned by a British company called Lonmin. In this PowerPoint presentation, you will find resources for a two-lesson sequence about the Marikana Massacre. It is...
Announcing the Powerlands UK Screening Tour!
London Mining Network is excited to bring director Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso & producer Jordan Flaherty to the UK for a screening tour of the award-winning documentary film Powerlands. The film touches on many of London Mining Network’s key messages and features...
21 years since eviction of the Tabaco community in Colombia and still no justice.
Credit: Tabaco community On 9 August 2001, the residents of the village of Tabaco in La Guajira, Colombia, were violently evicted from their land and their village was destroyed to make way for the expansion of the Cerrejon opencast coal mine. Cerrejon was then...
10th Anniversary Vigil for the Marikana Massacre
10 Years Since the Marikana Massacre: Still No Justice, Still No Peace Join the Marikana Solidarity Collective for a vigil outside the High Commission of South Africa to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the massacre of 34 striking workers by the police at...
Irish company buying Colombian coal from Cerrejón to be investigated for lack of human rights due diligence
The Cerrejón mine This article, by the Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR), first appeared on their website on 1 August 2022. Cerrejón Coal is now 100% owned by London-listed Glencore. Until January 2022 it was jointly owned by Glencore, BHP and Anglo...
Update on Gabriel Resources vs. Romania
The Rosia Montana valley in spring 3 August 2022: Miningwatch Romania reports that the Gabriel Resources vs. Romania ISDS (Investor State Dispute Settlement) arbitration procedure on the Rosia Montana mine proposal is nearing its end and that developments with...
Impacts on the water resources of the Upper Rio de Contas by Brazil Iron in Piatá-Bahía (June 2022)
Translated from the original by Paul Robson and Javiera Martínez On 26 April 2022, the activities of the Brazil Iron mining company were forbidden by Institute of the Environment and Water Resources (INEMA) because of the cutting and burial of native vegetation in the...
Judges from around the world visit threatened communities in the Amazon
Credit: Churches and Mining The International Rights of Nature Tribunal will visit Altamira, Anapu and Marabá (PA) in Brazil to investigate violations to the rights of the Amazon rainforest and its communities. A delegation of judges from the International...
Historic decision. Anglo American’s continuity project in El Melón, Chile, is rejected.
Historical decision in the Valparaíso region, Chile. The Environmental Assessment Commission rejected the project "Operational Continuity Phase V El Soldado, of Anglo American. Read the public statement of the No More Anglo Chilean National Movement. . PUBLIC...
No more sacrifice zone in Chile: Against Anglo American “El Soldado” Project.
Anglo American is one of the largest mining companies in the world. In Chile, it has mining operations in three regions of the country: Los Bronces in Lo Barnechea, the Metropolitan region, El Soldado in El Melón in the Valparaíso region, and Collahuasi in the...