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London High Court case against BHP nears conclusion
Mangroves near the mouth of the Rio Doce, after the Samarco tailings dam disaster, November 2015. Photo: Nilmar Lage. The case in the High Court in London against mining company BHP, on behalf of 620,000 people affected by the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in...
“Anglo American has shown no moral responsibility” – A response to Anglo American’s letter about lead pollution in Kabwe
On 3 February 2025, ahead of the mining indaba mining conference kick off in South Africa, ACTSA published in full Anglo American’s reply to our open letter of 31 October 2024 and the response by ACTSA, London Mining Network, and RAID. Kabwe, in Zambia, was for 49...
London Metal Exchange and the Financial Conduct Authority alerted to the risk of trading copper from the Grasberg mine
Since its opening more than 50 years ago, the Grasberg mine in West Papua has severely impacted the lives of the indigenous and local communities, devastating the forest and the rivers essential to their sustenance and well-being. We stand in solidarity with the...
22 January – Resisting Mining Book Club: “Pitfall”
LMN is delighted to announce our first Resisting Mining Book Club of 2025 with guest speaker Christopher Pollon, who will be speaking about his book Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places (Greystone Books, 2023). Register via link below! About...
Barriers to a Just Transition are not Technical, They are Political. Report from “Resisting Green Imperialism” event
"Resisting Green Imperialism, Fighting for a Socially Just Transition." Photo: Rebeca Binda / LMN. On November 30, 2024, over 150 representatives from UK NGOs, campaign and solidarity groups, academic experts and community leaders attended London Mining Network’s...
The UK’s scramble for ‘green’ hydrogen: bad news for southern Africa?
The post is written in collaboration with Action for Southern Africa UK. Anglo American Platinum Mogalakwena Mine in Limpopo, South Africa. Source: Environmental Justice Atlas/Esri. "While governments and companies see a positive future for hydrogen, communities...
Community of Kabwe still not seeing Anglo American’s “responsibility to the people and environment it operates in”
An open letter is handed in to Anglo American by a representative from Kabwe, Zambia, demanding remediation for mass lead poisoning. London, 31 October 2024. Photo credit: Jess Hurd. “We demand that Anglo American properly address the environmental devastation they’ve...
LMN’s Engagement with the Adivasi Resistance to Mining and Militarisation in India
An Adivasi protest site in Sukma District, Bastar. 30 organisations and networks including LMN have signed a solidarity statement condemning the escalating state violence on the Adivasi Communities in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The statement can be signed individually or...
Communities and social organisations in Chile distrust Anglo American’s National Sustainability and Public Account Forum and respond to it with an open letter
Anglo American Chile has launched the National Sustainability and Public Account Forum, which seeks to enhance transparency in the private sector. The information from Anglo American Chile web page explains the forum in these words: In a context where trust...
Help Tamaquito II Preserve Their Heritage
The Wayuu community of Tamaquito II was forced to relocate by the expansion of the coal open-cast Cerrejón mine owned by Glencore. Since their relocation, the community has been trying to recover its autonomy and to keep alive its cultural wisdom and traditions. In...