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States are clamouring for copper – what does this mean for communities on the frontlines of copper mines?
Mining companies are pushing for vast increases in copper mining. Often justified under the guise of the energy transition, the reality is that a wide range of destructive industries are driving increased demand. Copper is the second most widely used material by the...
Call from Red Muqui to go beyond extractivism and the energy transition in Peru
The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy requires vast amounts of minerals. Without listening to communities affected by mining in the Global South, an energy transition in the Global North which is dependent on expanding extractivism will entrench...
Resisting Mining Book Club: “Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya: Gendered Transitions” with Bitopi Dutta
LMN is delighted to announce our third Resisting Mining Book Club of 2026 with guest speaker Bitopi Dutta, who will join us to discuss her book, Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya: Gendered Transitions (Routledge India, 2023). About the book Mining,...
Unjust Energy Transition? Challenging the Critical Mineral Rush
Time: 6:30-8:30pm Location: Finsbury Park Trust, 225-229 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DA The global rush for “critical minerals” is being sold as an essential step towards a greener future. Lithium and copper, among other minerals, are framed as the...
Resisting Mining Book Club: “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism” with Thea Riofrancos
LMN is delighted to announce our second Resisting Mining Book Club of 2026 with guest speaker Thea Riofrancos, where we'll discuss her book, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism (WW Norton, 2025). About the book Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism...
Resisting Mining Book Club: “The Petro-State Masquerade” with Ryan Cecil Jobson
LMN is delighted to announce our first Resisting Mining Book Club of 2026 with guest speaker Ryan Cecil Jobson, who will be speaking about his book The Petro-State Masquerade: Oil, Sovereignty and Power in Trinidad and Tobago (University of Chicago Press, 2024). About...
International statement in solidarity with Misael Socarrás Ipuana and defenders of land, the environment and human rights in La Guajira, Colombia
TerraJusta: Arroyo Bruno, La Guajira, Colombia Misael Socarrás Ipuanas is a Wayúu Indigenous land defender from the La Guajira region of Colombia. On 12 December, Misael was attacked by gunmen who clearly intended to kill him. We are deeply concerned by and strongly...
MACUA submit parliamentary petition calling for corporate accountability as Anglo American exits South Africa
Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) this week submitted a petition to the South Africa Parliament on Mining Accountability, Capital Flight, and Community Abandonment. Anglo American recently sold all shares in Anglo American Platinum, which has been...
Peruvian activists to visit London and raise the alarm on the UK’s role in the growing crisis in their country
Peruvian activists visit London to raise the alarm on the growing political, criminal, human rights and environmental crisis in their country – and the part that UK mining interests and consumers have to play. Four leading activists from Peru will share their...
UK Critical Minerals Strategy will fuel global injustices, say communities
Communities impacted by British mining company operations in Indonesia, Chile, South Africa and Peru have condemned the UK Government’s new Critical Minerals Strategy, warning it will “fuel social and environmental injustices across global supply chains”. The...