by Richard | 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...
by Richard | 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...
by Saul | Sep 15, 2020 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, Although nothing will bring back the 46,000 year old Aboriginal sacred site which Rio Tinto destroyed in May so that they could get to more iron ore, at least now the company’s CEO JS Jacques and two other executives have been forced to resign over...
by Richard | Jul 16, 2020 | Monthly bulletin
Rio Tinto destroys 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site, and other London mining news Dear friends,In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, LMN recently issued a statement making clear the link between mining, imperialism and racism. Rio Tinto then swiftly gave...
by Saul | May 20, 2020 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, We have recently intervened in two major mining company AGMs (annual shareholder meetings), those of Rio Tinto on 8 April and Anglo American on 5 May. Or rather, we haven’t, because we weren’t allowed to. Both companies held their AGMs behind...
by Saul | Mar 30, 2020 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, We at LMN hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well during the current corona virus crisis. We know, however, that some of you are not: those of you who have lost work and income, or who are prevented from leaving your homes to obtain the food...
