Dear friends, The AGM season is upon us, with the annual shareholders’ meetings of Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Glencore coming up over the next two months. The first is Rio Tinto on Thursday 6 April. We are working with friends at XR to present a ‘mock trial’ of the...
The struggle against mining at Phulbari, Bangladesh Dear friends, News in this mailout begins with renewed death threats against mining opponents on the Wild Coast of South Africa’s Eastern Cape. One of those threatened is our friend Nonhle Mbuthuma of the Amadiba...
Dear friends, This will be the last London Mining Network news mailout this year, so I wish you all a happy festive season and every good thing for the New Year. Thank you for your continuing interest in our work. In case you would like to make a donation and are in a...
Dear friends, We have just published a major report on major London-based mining company Anglo American. Should Do Better: Anglo American’s mining operations and affected communities in Latin America examines the difference between how the company reports...
Dear friends, Over the past month we have recalled three grave injustices related to the mining industry: the 9 August 2001 eviction of the village of Tabaco to make way for the expansion of the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia, then part-owned by Anglo American, BHP...
Marikana community activist Ntombifikile Mthethwa (Photo: Alon Skuy) Dear friends, Amidst all the uncertainties, conflicts and injustices in the news at present, we at London Mining Network note with outrage and great sadness the murder this week of Ntombifikile...
