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...
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...
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...
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...
Jan 18, 2020 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, Happy New Year (though perhaps it no longer feels very new)! There are two events coming up next week which I urge you to attend if you can: a protest on Monday at the UK-Africa Investment Summit, which promises to be a festival of destructive...
Nov 28, 2019 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, We have a bumper newsletter for you this time as it has been a while since we sent you the usual roundup of mining news. Remember that we send out news almost daily on Twitter, sharing interesting articles from the mining press and news of community...
