When an April shower turns into a perfect storm
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...
Coal in England, and worker deaths in South Africa
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...
Resistance is fertile
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...
Protesting the Mines and Money conference and other London mining news
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...