by Saul | Nov 5, 2020 | News, Press Releases
Key points The Fundão dam at the Samarco mine (owned by Vale & BHP), Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, collapsed on 5 November 2015. 20 people died, 3 villages were destroyed and over 600km of waterways were polluted with toxic mine waste. The aftermath of this...
by Richard | Nov 4, 2020 | News
Press release from Caritas Minas Gerais, translated by London Mining Network On the fifth anniversary of Brazil’s biggest socio-environmental crime, projections in several cities of the country and actions in social networks denounce the slowness of the...
by Richard | Nov 4, 2020 | News
London Mining Network (LMN) Solidarity Statement London Mining Network (LMN) has drafted this declaration to express solidarity with the populations affected by the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This 5 November marks the fifth...
by Saul | Oct 26, 2020 | News
London Mining Network is pleased to announce the launch of our latest report, Martial Mining. Martial Mining exposes the links between mining, the international arms trade, and warfare. Across the globe, these destructive forces go hand in hand, from the minerals...
by Richard | Oct 17, 2020 | News
Former residents of the Tabaco community, La Guajira, Colombia, stand in the ruins of their house after their 9 August 2001 eviction to make way for expansion of the Cerrejon coal mine, now 33% owned by BHP by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network London...
by Richard | Oct 17, 2020 | News
London Mining Network submitted the following questions to BHP on behalf of BHP-affected communities and workers in advance of its online AGM on 14 October. As you can see from the AGM report, few of them were answered. We invite answers from BHP, and they should be...
