Heads roll at Rio Tinto – maybe others will now tread more carefully
Dear friends, Although nothing will bring back the 46,000 year old Aboriginal sacred site which Rio Tinto destroyed in May so that they could get to more iron ore, at least now the company’s CEO JS Jacques and two other executives have been forced to resign over...
Questions to Beowulf
British company Beowulf has been trying for years to start mining iron ore in the ancestral territory of the indigenous Sámi people in northern Sweden. London Mining Network has supported Sámi organisations in opposing the company’s plans, which would disrupt...
Union on Strike Refusing ‘Death Shift’ at Latin America’s Largest Coal Mine
Sintracarbón mine workers’ union goes on strike at Cerrejón, Colombia The Cerrejón coal mine is jointly owned by London based companies Anglo American, Glencore and BHP.The union is resisting company attempts to reduce the workforce by 25%, impose potentially...
Why are workers at Cerrejon Coal on strike?
The Cerrejon mine is the largest opencast coal mine in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. It is owned by three mining companies listed on the London Stock Exchange – Anglo American, BHP and Glencore. Workers at the mine have been on strike since...
Legal struggle with Anglo American hots up in Brazil
Last week, communities affected by Anglo American’s Minas Rio iron ore mine blocked roads in protest against the company’s withdrawal of funding of independent technical advice. Anglo American was obliged to establish an Independent Technical Advisory team...
Colombia: legal intervention to protect Arroyo Bruno
The dried up bed of the Arroyo Bruno below the diversion, July 2019 Legal Clinic research to protect the rights of a river Indigenous communities threatened by climate change in Colombia had successfully argued in court that a British owned coal mining company should...
Protests against Anglo American in Brazil
Members of communities affected by Anglo American’s Minas Rio iron ore operations in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, blocked roads earlier this week in protest against the company’s withdrawal of funding for independent technical advice. Communities...
Blood, Coal & the London Stock Exchange
Marking the 14th Phulbari Day, Campaigners Demand GCM Resources be De-listed from London Stock Exchange 26 August is Phulbari Day, marking anniversary of three young Bangladeshi protesters in 2006.A coalition of activists held a vigil in solidarity with those marking...
Glencore under fire from Yukpa Indigenous People in Cesar, Colombia
On August 10, 2020, the governors of the six communities of the Yukpa People, who live in the Colombian Department (Province) of Cesar sent an open letter to various Colombian authorities, including the Attorney General, the Director of the Court of Auditors, the...
Global Industry Standards of Tailings Management: Not Enough to Prevent Disaster
On 5 August 2020, the Global Tailings Review launched its new Global Industry Standards of Tailings Management (GISTM). These standards are aimed at preventing tailings disasters such as the Brumadinho collapse of January 2019, but in our eyes and the eyes of many of...