Colombian communities demand mine closure plan from Glencore
Communities around Glencore’s coal mining and transport operations in the Colombian departments of Cesar and Magdalena have written to the Colombian President and the Chief Executive of Glencore demanding effective consultation over a mine closure plan. An...
London Mining Network meets with Latin American delegation fighting for ‘integral ecology’
Photo: Pedro Sanchez from Ecuador, Padre Juan Carlos from Colombia, Constanza Carvajal from Putumayo; Mattes Tempelmann from MISEREOR, Mikaell Carvalho from Justiça nos Trilhos; Guilherme Cavali from Church and Mining; Javiera Martínez from LMN; Kelly Silva from...
Grief and Grievance: The Misery of Life with Rio Tinto as a Neighbour – 6 April
Ahead of Rio Tinto’s 2022 AGM, we discuss the community and labour issues caused by the company About this event Join us on 6 April from 18:30 – 20:00 to hear from an international panel of speakers on the issues Rio Tinto is causing for communities and...
Colombia: Cerrejón Coal’s community relocations are inadequate, say community leaders
PUBLIC COMUNIQUE Leaders of the communities resettled by the Cerrejón company in the Municipality of Barrancas in the south of the Department of La Guajira, including the Patilla Community Action Board, Elected Community Action Board of Casitas, Association of People...
Espinar: Óscar Mollohuanca, defender of territory and human rights, found dead
Credit: Democracia Global On Monday, March 7, the terrible news of the death of Óscar Mollohuanca was released. Óscar Mollohuanca was a tireless defender of human rights and faithful defender of the territory, he also served as mayor of Espinar. During the...
The struggle of a community in Sonora against the Grupo Fresnillo mining company in Mexico
Credit: Pie de Página The ejido (community) of El Bajío is located in the municipality of Caborca, Sonora, in the coastal region of northeastern Mexico. In 1997, the mine with the same name, owned by the Penmont subsidiary of Grupo Peñoles, was installed on La...
Re-opening the Panguna mine? Not yet…
At the beginning of February, the Panguna copper mine in central Bougainville in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) drew international attention once more when the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) announced that, together with the chiefs...
Safety First: Guidelines for Responsible Mine Tailings Management
In June 2020, we collaborated with Earthworks, Malach Consulting, MiningWatch Canada, and CSP2 to publish a set of recommendations on responsible mine tailings management. The result, which we named ‘Safety First’, was a response to the Global Industry...
Communities from Espinar in Peru live with toxic metals in their blood.
Glencore has its copper mining operations there. Credit: Ojo Público Over a decade ago, leaders from various Quechua communities in the area called for a thorough investigation which would allow them to identify the source of higher than recommended levels of...
Press Release: Massive Investments linked to Illegal Amazon Mining Interests
Northern Financiers Invested US$ 54.1 Billion into Mining Companies with Illegal Interests in Amazonian Indigenous Territories A new report by the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil – APIB and Amazon Watch reveals the main investors of eight large mining...