Demonstration at the Mining on Top Africa Summit in London, 25 June at 18:00 Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, 18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ The Mining on Top Africa London Summit says it aims to drive economic and social development in Africa. Yet there is a total...
Nearly three years after the massacre of mineworkers at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in South Africa, people are still waiting to read the report of an inquiry into the outrage. President Zuma appears to be sitting on the report – and both...
by Diana Salazar, Emma Banks and Doris Salazar Diana Salazar of LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign has just visited La Guajira, Colombia, as part of a delegation organised by US organisation Witness for Peace, to investigate the impacts of the Cerrejon coal...
By Coal Action Network On Wednesday (3/6/15) it was announced that UK Coal’s application to mine 520,561 tonnes of coal from a site called Bradley was approved. The site is currently agricultural land in Leadgate, Durham, UK. This is a highly contested site with...
By Hal Rhoades On the 29th of May I was delighted to represent London Mining Network and network member The Gaia Foundation at this year’s Reclaim the Power gathering. In the shadow of Didcot power station and the tilting silhouettes of red kites, LMN shared a...
Actions at BHP Billiton offices in Melbourne and London, Tuesday 26 May Yesterday, activists in Melbourne in Australia and in London targeted the offices of BHP Billiton to draw attention to the damage caused by the company’s activities in the rainforests of...
