LMN statement for 5th anniversary of the Samarco disaster
London Mining Network (LMN) Solidarity Statement London Mining Network (LMN) has drafted this declaration to express solidarity with the populations affected by the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This 5 November marks the fifth...
Upcoming Event: Martial Mining Report Launch
London Mining Network is pleased to announce the launch of our latest report, Martial Mining. Martial Mining exposes the links between mining, the international arms trade, and warfare. Across the globe, these destructive forces go hand in hand, from the minerals...
Hidden in plain sight: BHP’s 2020 AGMs
Former residents of the Tabaco community, La Guajira, Colombia, stand in the ruins of their house after their 9 August 2001 eviction to make way for expansion of the Cerrejon coal mine, now 33% owned by BHP by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network London...
BHP: these questions deserve answers
London Mining Network submitted the following questions to BHP on behalf of BHP-affected communities and workers in advance of its online AGM on 14 October. As you can see from the AGM report, few of them were answered. We invite answers from BHP, and they should be...
Joint letter: To the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
At the end of September, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David Boyd, issued a report calling on the Colombian government to implement the directives of its own Constitutional Court and to do more to protect the very vulnerable Wayúu... Listen up, BHP! An AGM Call to Action
Wherever it goes, BHP leaves a trail of harm. It drains, poisons or diverts the water. It fails to put things right where it has done wrong. It’s time for BHP to listen to the voices of those they’re harming. We’re marking BHP’s 2020 AGM with a... BHP is not very engaging
The aftermath of the Samarco tailings dam collapse in Minas Gerais, Brazil, November 2015 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network BHP’s online ‘shareholder engagement session’ on Wednesday 23 September represented a masterful step...
BHP – Fine Words, Foul Play
BHP Group’s Annual General Meetings are coming up on 14 October (BHP Group Limited, Australia) and 15 October (BHP Group plc, London) but with very limited opportunities for shareholders to participate. BHP Group plc is holding a ‘shareholder engagement...
International Resistance to Mining Film Festival
In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement, Indigenous activists and mining affected communities across the globe, London Mining Network presents the International Resistance to Mining Film Festival. This programme of highly acclaimed documentary films shines...
Legal victory over Anglo American in Brazil
Anglo American has withdrawn its lawsuit against the organisations Nucleus of Assistance to Communities Affected by Dams (NACAB) and the Israel Pinheiro Foundation (FIP) and against the Minas Gerais State Secretariat (SEMAD). The judge has quashed the lawsuit. The...