Not the whole truth: the Rio Tinto AGM, 10 April 2019

Not the whole truth: the Rio Tinto AGM, 10 April 2019

By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Andrew Hickman, Andy Whitmore, Christina Montorio, Paul Robson, Richard Harkinson, Roger Featherstone, Roger Moody and Yvonne Orengo A recording of the entire AGM is available here –...
Lonmin: still one of the unacceptable faces of British capitalism

Lonmin: still one of the unacceptable faces of British capitalism

Full report of the Lonmin AGM 25 March 2019 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Andy Higginbottom, Daniel Selwyn, Maren Grimm, Markus Dufner, Nima Mudey and Tilman Massa. A loud and colourful demonstration took place outside the...
Polluted water, website, and worker deaths

Polluted water, website, and worker deaths

Dear friends, We have redesigned our website! It now provides much more introductory material, so people who are not familiar with the mining industry or our work can learn more about the background as well as being able to find our latest news (now available at the...
Legal action against Cerrejón Coal’s environmental licence

Legal action against Cerrejón Coal’s environmental licence

Press release from CAJAR lawyers’ collective (Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restrepo), Bogota, Friday 22 February 2019. (Unofficial translation; original in Spanish.) Cerrejón Coal is owned by London-listed companies Anglo American, BHP and Glencore. Legal...
London Mining Network comment on mining waste disaster in Brazil

London Mining Network comment on mining waste disaster in Brazil

The catastrophic spill from Brazilian company Vale’s Brumadinho mining waste dam in Minas Gerais state is the second massive waste dam collapse in Brazil in recent years. The last one was at Mariana, in the same state, in November 2015, at the Samarco iron ore mine...