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Why we occupied a Barclays bank
Last Friday, People & Planet, The Wretched of the Earth, Move Your Money, Fossil Free UCL and London Mining Network shut down Barclays flagship bank branch in Piccadilly Circus, in solidarity with those fighting the front line impacts of the bank's fossil fuel...
It's all kicking off at Cerrejon Coal
Houses in the community of New Roche, June 2014 (photo: Richard Solly) By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Julia Lagoutte We have just received news that many families from three of the communities displaced by Cerrejon Coal...
London's mining history, from colonialism to apartheid: Why Rhodes Must Fall
From Cape to Cairo – Rhodes` vision of the conquest of Africa. He got as far as Northen Rhodesia , modern day Zambia, and through his agent and companies influenced mining development as far as Katanga now in DRC.by Kerima Mohideen and Richard Harkinson One Sided...
Beowulf wants dialogue with Sami but won't take no for an answer!
2013 protest against Beowulf Mining By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network It was standing room only at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Beowulf Mining plc in London this morning. Mind you, it was a very small room. There were only fifteen...
Dramatic news from Skouries in Greece
Protest against the Skouries gold mine There's been dramatic back-and-forth over London-listed Canadian company Eldorado Gold's Skouries gold mining project in Halkidiki, Greece. Over the Christmas holidays members of the Plataforma pola defensa de Corcoesto e...
At the Coalface: Ten more years of UK coal burning a lifetime on the ground
Following the UK Government’s plans to phase out coal-burning power stations by 2025, Coal Action Network have released a new report tracing and examining the places coal burned in the UK is coming from. And while the Government’s announcement hints at a step in the...
GCM withering and wilting
Photo by Peter Marshall Report of the AGM of GCM Resources plc, Friday 18 December 2015, by Sam Brown, shareholder's proxy representative Few people bothered to come to the 2015 AGM of GCM Resources plc, which is still technically an AIM-listed mining company but...
More on BHP Billiton's catastrophic Brazilian dam disaster
Toxic mud from the Samarco tailings dam disaster reached the Atlantic Ocean on 22 November Arsenic and mercury have been detected in the waste. Allegations have been made that the disaster was the result of industry and government negligence. The disaster is...
Solidarity with those on the front lines of climate change
London Mining Network took part in the Climate March on Sunday, November 29. As an organisation, we did not march in the Wretched of the Earth (WotE) bloc (a coalition of visiting Indigenous delegates and Global South diaspora in London), respecting the desire...
Human Rights Day: The costs behind a new smartphone
This Human Rights Day, don't let your holiday spending fuel violence abroad. Sign the petition to help tackle the trade in conflict minerals. Hundreds of thousands buy smart phones for Christmas presents in Europe. But how many of them know that the gold and tantalum...