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Pledge for the Planet: The case of minerals
Today is Earth Overshoot Day (#earthovershootday). I am suspecting you may not have known that, as it seems fairly unreported outside of a small group of activists and campaign groups (which admittedly if you are reading this, you may be a part of, so may actually be...
A tale of two worlds – Vedanta AGM 2016
The following is a personal reflection on Vedanta's recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) by Andy Whitmore Like strawberries and cream at Wimbledon, or stories of seagulls stealing chips in Brighton, it seems that protests focussed on Vedanta's AGM in London are...
Back to tragedy: more news of the BHP Billiton/Vale tailings dam collapse in Brazil
By Fabiana Alves, Greenpeace Brazil, translated by Paul Robson In the month of June, we returned to the banks of the Rio Doce to update ourselves on the situation in the region and present to local people and institutions the research studies that will be carried out...
No to diversion of Arroyo Bruno in Colombia!
Why won’t MRC or Graham Edwards accept a petition?
If a mining company and its biggest investor won’t so much as accept a petition challenging their business practices, what can a community and its supporters do to ensure accountability? “Even the Chinese Embassy will accept a petition,” my mate tells me...
Victory? British-backed MRC divests from South African mine
By Hal Rhoades, Gaia Foundation An Aussie mining company and its British millionaire-backer announced that they will pull out of the deadly proposed Xolobeni titanium mine, but it is unclear if they could still profit from the project through the mine’s new...
British companies leading new ‘£800bn scramble for Africa’ to control raw materials
London Mining Network member group War on Want has published a new report, The New Colonialism: Britain's scramble for Africa's energy and mineral respources. British companies are at the forefront of a new “scramble for Africa” with the help of government, which is...
THE SPARK: Building effective solidarity – Sun July 24
When: Sunday 24 July, 10.30am - 6pm Where: Kurdish Community Centre: 11 Portland Gardens, London N4 1HU Registration: http://bit.ly/1UTFjPn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/483925105136916/ From Honduras to Syria, from migration to apartheid, people are doing...
Update on BHP Billiton/Vale Samarco tailings dam disaster in Brazil
Eight months after BHP Billiton/Vale subsidiary Samarco's waste dam collapsed in southeastern Brazil, the 1.6 million people living along the Doce River are still struggling not only with health risks, but also with a crisis of public confidence. Brazil's Environment...
Colombia: a choice between mining and food?
The Cerrejón coal mine By Richard Solly, London Mining Network Co-ordinator Last month, I represented LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign on a delegation organised by US organisation Witness for Peace to La Guajira in northern Colombia. We went to visit...