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Vedanta: literature, protests and court cases in London
At the end of May, a High Court judge in London allowed 1,826 Zambian villagers to take legal action against mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc through the UK Courts. The villagers allege serious pollution by the company's subsidiary Koncola Copper Mines (KCM) in...
London protest against seabed mining
London Mining Network was involved in a protest on 24 May against the 5th annual seabed mining summit. We joined Australian-based Deep Sea Mining campaign and LMN member group War on Want in solidarity with communities across the Pacific who are calling for a Ban on...
Mining, money and murder on the South African coast
Since the protest held in London on 5 May, much more has been written about the violence at Australian company MRC's mineral sands project at Xolobeni in South Africa and the role of major MRC shareholder, British businessman Graham Edwards. Australian environmental...
Workers with silicosis win legal victory in South Africa
In South Africa, the struggle for justice for former gold miners suffering from silicosis has taken a step forward with a landmark judgement on 13 May, which has paved the way for a class-action lawsuit to proceed against 30 gold mining companies named as respondents....
British banks backing coal
Our friends at BankTrack have recently published three briefings on British banks' funding of the coal industry. It describes Royal Bank of Scotland as 'the new "green bank" that still can’t shake off coal sector financing'. Its report on HSBC outlines numerous...
Antofagasta: still rattled?
by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network One of Antofagasta's main claims to fame is the enormous El Mauro tailings dam above the small town of Caimanes in northern Chile, a town of some 1600 people (or 2000 if you include the mining company's contract...
Ditch Coal Speaking Tour: the realities of coal mining in Russia – 25 May to 10 June
“Mining is going on a hundred metres away. When they started blasting, all the dust was brought to our vegetable gardens. Vegetables got covered with the coal dust, which is impossible to wash out. Now I don‘t want to harm myself by eating anything from this garden,”...
FIGHTING THE MINING GIANT SPEAKER TOUR: 15-21 MAY 2016
Antofagasta Minerals is a mining giant that runs the Pelambres open-cast copper mine in Chile. For almost a decade, the community of Caimanes in northern Chile have argued that the company has deprived them of a vital resource and fundamental human right: water....
BHP Billiton and the Samarco tailings dam disaster – the story continues
BHP Billiton and its Brazilian multinational partner Vale have been hit with a $44 billion lawsuit over the deadly dam burst last November. Brazilian prosecutors have filed a civil lawsuit for 155 billion reais (just over $44 billion) against the companies. Experts...
Mining, Murder and a British Millionaire: Protestors stand in solidarity with South African communities opposing mining
Report by Hal Rhoades, The Gaia Foundation Protestors from several organisations gathered in London yesterday to call on British millionaire Graham Edwards to help end Australian mining company Mineral Resources Limited (MRC) involvement in a controversial Xolobeni...