Yet another mining-related death threat in Colombia
On 17 June, José Silva, president of Nación Wayuu, an NGO defending the human rights of the Wayuu people in La Guajira, found a floral wreath at the entrance to his home with a threatening note saying, “Your funeral is approaching.” Nación Wayuu has been...
Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
London Mining Network stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the international protests against racism and injustice following the murder of George Floyd by members of the Minneapolis Police Department. You do not have to look far to see the...
Mining Hazards: Occupational Diseases in a Post-Covid World
A discussion piece from LMN volunteer Maynie; A still from the Chinese documentary Miners, Grooms, and Pneumoconiosis (2019). The film traces the suffering of villagers who have contracted pneumoconiosis from mining iron and tungsten in rural Hunan Province, China....
COVID-19 & the Mining Industry – New Report
June 2nd, 2020 saw the release of a new global analysis that explores the four main ways in which the mining industry and states are profiting from the COVID-19 pandemic, at the expense of people and planet. Drawing on 500+ sources and endorsed by 300+ communities and...