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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dear friends, Today we publish, together with member group War on Want, our brand new report about the way the mining industry is greenwashing itself by appealing to the transition to a low carbon economy. The report points out the damage done by the mining of metals...