Statement on GCM Resources’ AGM, 18 January 2023
GCM Resources plc will hold its AGM (Annual General Meeting, or shareholders’ meeting) onWednesday 18 January 2023. GCM Resources wants to extract 572 million tons of coal at Phulbari in Bangladesh. If it is allowed toproceed with its plans, up to 130,000 people would...
Resisting Mining Book Club: The Extractive Zone
London Mining Network’s Resisting Mining Book Club, feat. Macarena Gómez-Barris’ book The Extractive Zone (rescheduled from Sept 22) About the book: The Extractive Zone traces the political, aesthetic, and performative practices that emerge in opposition...
Problems with the Bauxite-Alumina Industry in Jamaica
Bauxite or ‘red dirt’, the raw material used in the production of aluminium, has been extracted in Jamaica by open-cast mining since 1952. In the 1960s Jamaica was the leading producer in the world and the industry expanded over the years to include four large...
Coal wrecks the climate, whether for energy or steel production
Dear friends, This will be the last London Mining Network news mailout this year, so I wish you all a happy festive season and every good thing for the New Year. Thank you for your continuing interest in our work. In case you would like to make a donation and are in a...