More analysis of the Farlam Commission report on the Marikana Massacre
The Bench Marks Foundation in South Africa has published comments on various aspects of the Farlam Commission report on the Marikana Massacre. Bench Marks Executive Director John Capel highlights some of the weaknesses in the Farlam Commission’s mandate into... Latest responses to the Farlam Report into the Marikana massacre
The Farlam Inquiry’s recently released report into the Auust 2012 massacre of mine workers at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in South Africa continues to attract strong criticism. The Marikana Support Campaign says that the inquiry panel was hostile to...
Mining on Top Africa London Summit disrupted
By Hal Rhoades of LMN member group Gaia Foundation Yesterday members of UK civil society held an action in central London to challenge the Mining On Top Africa: London Summit. Two of us managed to get into the conference cocktail reception and hand a UK-African Civil...
Setback for opencast in Wales
Report from Coal Action Network Yesterday’s (24/6/15) planning hearing for Miller Argent’s proposal to mine 6 million tonnes from the Nant Llesg site, in Caerphilly, South Wales, gave the best possible result. A great outcome for all those who have campaigned over the...