Jul 9, 2021 | Monthly bulletin
Fr Stan Swamy SJ RIP 8 July 2021 Dear friends, We have just launched the English version of a book and video primarily for children, Droplet and Wagtail’s Tailings Tale, about the effects of mining waste on ecosystems. This is our translation of excellent work...
May 27, 2021 | Monthly bulletin
26 May 2021 Dear friends, It has been AGM season over the past couple of months, and we have worked with communities affected by Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Antofagasta to raise issues at their online AGMs. Rio Tinto and Anglo American provided extensive responses...
Mar 30, 2021 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, We welcome the fact that popular pressure over climate impacts has forced the UK Government to call a public inquiry into the proposed new metallurgical coal mine in West Cumbria in north western England. Congratulations to LMN member group Coal Action...
Feb 2, 2021 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, Monday 25 January was the second anniversary of the catastrophic tailings dam collapse at Vale’s iron ore mine at Brumadinho in Brazil. Vale is a Brazilian mining company with significant UK investment. We worked with our friends in Brazil to mark...
Dec 22, 2020 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, We at London Mining Network send you good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. May 2021 be considerably better than 2020! The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Co-Convenors of the Global Tailings...
Nov 13, 2020 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, I hope you are all surviving the continued difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We have recently published a major new report, Martial Mining, about the links between mining and militarism. We have also revised our popular education board game...
