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Ditch Coal Now!
On Wednesday 8 February, join Coal Action Network, Friends of the Earth and London Mining Network for a creative demonstration to demand an end to coal in the UK now! 12 noon – demonstration 10am-6pm public sculpture-making (drop-in) Department of Business, Energy and...
London: the hub of bribery and ill-gotten cash despite rules on transparency
Our friends at RAID (Rights and Accountability in Development) recently published a report called ‘Bribery in its purest form’: Och-Ziff, asset laundering and the London connection. A recent article in the Guardian pointed out that wealthy countries like the UK gain...
Assassination of community leader and mining critic in Cesar, Colombia
London Mining Network and member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign deplore the assassination last weeken of community leader Aldemar Parra Garcia in Cesar, Colombia. Aldemar was a critic of coal mining operations in the area. Among the companies mining coal in Cesar...
GCM Resources at Phulbari: perseverance or perversity?
Photo: Phulbari Solidarity Group Report on the GCM Resources AGM, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1, Thursday 15 December 2016 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network GCM Resources has only one active project, the Phulbari coal project: this is a plan for an...
Energy company reps won't listen to community concerns at Cerrejon, Colombia
House at the resettled community of Tamaquito By Emma Banks, University of Tennessee, currently resident in La Guajira On November 29, three delegates from the German Company EnBW, which buys coal from Colombia including from Cerrejón, came to La Guajira. Johannes...
Death threats against Wayúu activist Jakeline Romero in Colombia
One of our friends in La Guajira, Colombia - Jakeline Romero - who has long-opposed the British-owned Cerrejón coal mine, has just received death threats over her opposition to the mine. We must draw attention to her and our other friends in the region, who have taken...
GCM Resources AGM protest, London, Thursday 15 December
Thursday 15 December, Action at GCM AGM 10:30–13:00, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ This year marked the tenth anniversary of Phulbari outburst, where three people were shot dead and two hundred injured in a demonstration of 80,000 people in 2006 for opposing plans...
Coal and conflict in the UK
by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network I recently watched two very moving documentaries about the last miners in Britain's last deep coal mine, Kellingley, which closed a year ago. Their bravery, camaraderie, solidarity and dedication were...
EU agrees mandatory law on conflict minerals, but exemptions cause concern
The lengthy negotiations within the European Union (EU) over conflict minerals regulation have finally concluded, with the end of the tri-party (or trilogue) deliberations between the European Commission, European Parliament, and European Council. The next step should...
Last chance to influence EU Conflict Minerals Regulation
As you no doubt know we at London Mining, and specifically the Stop Mad Mining project, have been campaigning on the European Union's plans for regulating conflict minerals. The aim is to tackle how the extraction and trade of raw materials contained in our consumer...