Recording: Resisting Mining Book Club, Resource Radicals
Recorded 15/03/21 LMN was delighted to be joined by guest speaker Thea Riofrancos for the launch of the first Resisting Mining Book Club! Thea spoke about her recently published book Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador (Duke...
Aggreko plc – Are You Benefiting from Modern Slavery?
Freedom United and LMN member group Eritrea Focus have published an open letter to London Listed company Aggreko plc. Aggreko has just signed an agreement to work with Australian miner Danakali on its Colluli Potash Project in Eritrea, which operates a system of...
Investing in Rio Tinto? Here’s what you should know
Ahead of this April’s AGM, we’ve put together the following briefing papers for anyone thinking of investing in Rio Tinto. Written with community members and activists, these papers show the reality of living with Rio Tinto’s operations. Across the...
Mining restarts at Samarco after deadly disaster
Blog by LMN Volunteer Ella Hopkins Fundão dam at the Samarco mine in 2013 BHP has resumed its operations at the Samarco mine, five years after the 2015 Fundão dam disaster which killed 20 people, destroyed 3 villages and polluted over 600km of rivers with toxic mine...
Resisting Mining Book Club Launch: Resource Radicals with Thea Riofrancos
LMN is delighted to announce the launch of the first Resisting Mining Book Club with special guest speaker Thea Riofrancos who will be speaking about her recently published book Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador (Duke...
GCM: Hello! Is there anybody there?
Yesterday, Thursday 25 February, GCM Resources plc held on online AGM from which it excluded all but a handful of its shareholders, hiding behind COVID-19 restrictions – as if people might catch the virus by participating in an online meeting! In the written...
Investors should press Anglo American to tackle toxic lead legacy in Zambia
Press release 23 February 2021 Photo: Lawrence Thompson Rights groups write to 10 leading ESG investment firms urging them to intervene “Anglo American’s failure to act on the toxic legacy at Kabwe stands in sharp contrast to the company’s public human... GCM Resources: avoiding scrutiny
A Joint Statement by Phulbari Solidarity Group, London Mining Network, Foil Vedanta, Urgewald and XR Asian Affinity Network The London-listed coal mining company, GCM Resources plc, are holding their AGM this year on 25 February but they are pressing forward a...
BHP’s denial of responsibility for impacts in Chile does not satisfy its critics
Questions were raised at last year’s BHP AGM about the company’s impacts in Chile. But the company’s responses have failed to satisfy its critics. Commentary by Javiera Martinez The Atacameño People’s Council raised questions with the BHP...
Continued impunity for Anglo American despite its impacts on the community of El Melón.
The well occupation. Credit: Patricio Duran/El Melón community By Javiera Martinez Chile faces one of the worst water scarcity crises in recent years (1). One of the main causes is mining activity in its territory. There is massive extraction of water by transnational...