Dear friends, Lawyers have been busy recently. BHP is facing a class action suit by shareholders over the Samarco tailings dam disaster in 2015. Zenú Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Cordoba, Colombia, have won a legal case against London-listed BHP...
Dear friends, We’ve been busy again! Last month, we helped host a delegation from South Africa for the AGM of Lonmin plc, the company associated with the Marikana massacre in August 2012. Thumeka Magwangqana from Marikana women’s organisation Sikhala...
Dear friends, If you are in London, don’t forget the events coming up this week in support of our friends from South Africa: a demonstration outside the Lonmin AGM in Lincoln’s Inn Fields on Thursday morning and a public meeting at the Karibu Centre in...
Dear friends, This week, Rio Tinto, Anglo American and African Minerals are all in trouble with the law in one way or another. But that isn’t stopping Rio Tinto expanding in Mongolia, where it is under fire for alleged tax avoidance, or Anglo American from...
Dear friends, I hope you had a good break at the end of 2017, and wish you all the best for 2018. Late last year, we were involved in protesting against the Mines and Money Conference in London and challenging coal company GCM Resources at its AGM. We report on both...
Dear friends, Last month we hosted visitors from Brazil, Colombia and the USA for the BHP Billiton plc AGM on 19 October. In this mailout, you’ll find a full report of the company AGM together with media coverage, including a beautiful short video made by our...