Churchill Mining's $2-billion lawsuit will not be heard by Indonesia's supreme court
Indonesia will not be righting the perception that it’s a tough place for miners after the country’s supreme court said it will not hear Churchill Mining’s appeal in its two-year legal battle to get compensation for a coal project that the company...Mining, regulatory failure and human rights in India
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses the Indian government of “encouraging lawlessness by failing to enforce the law or even monitor[ing] whether mine operators are complying with it.” Although, according to the Report, Indian law does include...Greek Protests against London-listed Eldorado Gold
As people in Greece fight austerity in the streets, top officials are pushing open pit mining as a way out of the country’s economic despair. But just as folks in Greece have taken action against an imposed economic paradigm, they are taking a stand to protect...Sierra Leone police probed for response during iron ore mine strike
The country’s Human Rights Commission is investigating the action by armed police between April 16-18 in Bumbuna, 15km from African Minerals’ Tonkolili mine, which left one woman dead and at least six injured. See...Greenwash Gold protest takes message direct to LOCOG’s Head Offices
This morning, protesters from the London Mining Network, UK Tar Sands Network and the Bhopal Medical Appeal, the campaign groups behind the Greenwash Gold 2012 campaign, protested outside LOCOG headquarters. See...What's London got to do with mining?
Most of the world’s biggest mining companies, and many smaller mining companies, are listed on the London Stock Exchange, including its Alternative Investment Market (AIM). London is the world’s biggest centre for investment in the minerals industry: British high street and investment banks (like Barclays, HSBC, RBS, Citibank and Standard Chartered), pension funds, hedge funds and insurance companies invest hundreds of millions of pounds a year in scores of dubious mining projects across the globe, connecting working people’s earnings in Britain with the fate of mining-affected communities around the world. Read more on our Mining and London page .