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Zine: Global resistance to Glencore
This pocket guide to Glencore, a UK-Swiss mining company with a toxic global footprint, details the impacts of its mining operations on communities around the world. From human rights abuses in the DRC, to cancers from metals poisoning in Peru, the deforestation of...
Glencore kills: Mining giant to meet global protests on the day of its AGM
Protests planned across 6 countries and 3 continents will highlight the environmental and social impact of Glencore’s mines in Colombia, Argentina, DRC, Peru and Brazil, as groups in South Africa call for an embargo to end Glencore’s coal exports to Israel. Glencore,...
Anglo American in Peru: Extractivism, effects and corporate networks
Credit: Red Muqui / Anglo American "They took from us the last water source that we had left"Lucio Flores, President of FACAREMOQ Anglo American in Peru: extractivism, effects and corporate networks is the result of cooperation between Peruvian and international...
Join the global resistance to Glencore: solidarity meeting with affected communities
Lire en français / Leer en español / Ler em português English Ahead of Glencore’s AGM, join us and a global movement of communities affected by the Anglo-Swiss mining giant for a multilingual solidarity call. Activists from Democratic Republic of Congo, Argentina,...
Join our demonstration outside Glencore’s HQ
Where: 18 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JY On 28 May, Glencore shareholders will gather in Switzerland for the company’s AGM. They will celebrate booming copper production and a boost to their commodity prices due to the war on the Middle East. Meanwhile communities on...
Aligning UK critical mineral policies with the human rights and environmental priorities of devolved nations
The UK Government's critical minerals agenda is driving vast increases in mineral demands, with devastating environmental and human rights impacts for mining-affected communities and workers across global supply chains. The government's approach has largely been...
Communities, human rights advocates and activists are blue in the face demanding meaningful responses from Rio Tinto
Ahead of Rio Tinto’s AGM, communities under threat from its mining operations in Mongolia, Madagascar, Serbia and Arizona, raise their voices and demand meaningful responses from Rio Tinto on the issues they have repeatedly raised. Water Water has been a significant...
Campaigners stage protest at Rio Tinto HQ demanding answers on global environmental concerns
Photos: Rebeca Binda Campaigners staged a “blue in the face” protest and photo stunt outside Rio Tinto’s London headquarters on 30 April, accusing the mining giant of repeatedly ignoring concerns over environmental damage and human rights abuses linked to its...
Blue in the face saying leave Oak Flat alone: Arizona, USA
Citizens from all walks of life oppose Rio Tinto’s plans to destroy Oak Flat, a sacred recreational and ecological haven that had been (and will be again) public land in Arizona, USA. Oak Flat has been used for holy ceremonies, picnicking, hiking, birdwatching, rock...
Blue in the face saying you will not dig here: Jadar, Serbia
Photo: Stefan Kostić The Jadar project was in November 2025 placed on “care and maintenance,” continuing the state of persistent threat against local communities and Nature in the valley of river Jadar. For many years now, the project has been met with staunch...