Photo exhibition: 10 Years of Brazil’s Worst Environmental Crime
On 5 November 2015, the Fundão tailings dam, operated by Samarco, a joint venture between Vale and BHP, burst in Mariana, Minas Gerais. More than 40 million cubic metres of toxic mining waste tore through communities, killing 20 people and contaminating the Rio Doce...
Ten years on from the catastrophic yet preventable failure of the Fundāo tailings dam in Brazil
This blog is a collaboration between LMN and cosmopolíticas in Brazil. On 5 November 2015, the catastrophic failure of the Fundão dam operated by Samarco Mineração S.A. – a joint venture between BHP owning 50% and Vale S.A. 50% – unleashed around 45...
Transition Mineral Mining 50 revealed
The Transition Mineral Mining 50 identifies the top 50 largest, publicly traded transition mineral mining companies implicated in an active case on Environmental Justice Atlas. ‘Transition minerals’ are the minerals that are vital to the technology of low-carbon...
Critical Minerals, Empty Rhetoric: A Look at the UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy from the MODATIMA movement in Chile
As the UK government prepares to launch a new Critical Minerals Strategy, which will seek to secure supplies amidst a global mineral rush, communities on the frontlines of Britain’s mining ambitions speak out. Obtaining so-called critical minerals is...