LMN Education Day – 14 May
Our PhoneCycle game is free to download here. Calling all educators, youth workers, and young people! London Mining Network is inviting you to attend our education day where you will hear about our work, try out our teaching resources and find out how you can support...
We’re saving the world too! Report on the Anglo American AGM, 19 April 2022
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Ana Reyes-Hurt, Andrew Hickman, Carlos Mitraud, Diana Salazar, Gabriela Sarmet, Javiera Martinez, Leah Sullivan, Paul Robson, Peter Frankental, Sebastian Ordonez and others, and particularly...
Rio Tinto: still saving the world
Report on the Rio Tinto plc AGM, London, 8 April 2022 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Andy Whitmore, Richard Harkinson, Roger Featherstone and Yvonne Orengo Introduction Despite the unpleasantness of mining company AGMs, it... Take Action on Anglo American!
Anglo American will hold its 2022 AGM on 19 April. This British multinational’s motto is “Re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives,” but for many people living around Anglo American mines, the opposite is true. From making water scarcity worse to damaging... Send a message to Anglo American – Solidarity with Latin American Communities!
Across Latin America, Anglo American has left a trail of damage and hurt. Without external pressure, we know that companies like this will not put things right, so we must show them that the world is watching! Take a moment today to send a message to the executive...
Delegation of communities affected by mining in Brazil meet with solidarity organisations in London
Richard Solly, Javiera Martínez, Mónica do Santos, Ella Barnes, Anaís Berlim, Alí Rocha, Marina Oliveira, Leticia Aleixo During the week before Easter, London Mining Network met with representatives of communities affected by the Samarco and Brumadinho disasters... Concerns regarding Project Level Grievance Mechanisms
Presentation for Grief and Grievance: The Misery of Life with Rio Tinto as a Neighbour London Mining Network – April 6 2022 Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada All major efforts to create or update standards for the extractive sector – post 2011 – include a...
Resisting Mining Book Club: Redefining Genocide – 11 May
LMN is delighted to announce our third Resisting Mining Book Club 2022 with guest speaker Damien Short, who will be speaking about his book. About this event About the book: In this controversial and original work, Damien Short systematically rethinks how genocide is...
From La Guajira: We Condemn Authorities’ Forced Eviction of Communities
By Prensa Cajar | 6 April 2022 As human rights organisations that support communities affected by mining in La Guajra, Cajar, Cinep and Censat, we publicly condemn the practice of forced evictions being carried out by government bodies in the department’s...
Tell Rio Tinto – Leave Jadarite in the Ground!
Last year, we put out a call to stand in solidarity with our friends in Serbia resisting the construction of Rio Tinto’s planned Lithium mine. Hundreds of you responded, calling on the company to walk away and pull out of the plans that would see forests...