“A terrible tragedy… we are desperately sorry…” The BHP Billiton plc AGM 19 October 2017
“A terrible tragedy… we are desperately sorry…” The BHP Billiton plc AGM 19 October 2017 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network This year, London Mining Network and our friends at Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Society of St Columban and War...
Mining waste threatens people and planet, says UN
A new UNEP report summary “Mine Tailings Storage: Safety Is No Accident” finds mining waste dams threaten people and the environment. An international coalition of non-governmental organizations – London Mining Network, Earthworks, MiningWatch Canada and Amnesty...
'I see that people are sad': Samarco report summary
Just before BHP’s annual general meeting on 19 October, London Mining Network published a report into Brazil’s Samarco dam disaster which devastated communities all along the Rio Doce river system in Brazil. Around 1.4 million people are seeking urgent action to...
Community representatives come to London for BHP AGM
Visitors from three of the thirteen countries that BHP operates in have come to London in search of accountability for the company’s operations in their respective homes. These range from the fall-outs of the widely-known Samarco dam disaster in Brazil, to the forced...