London Calling on a copper conundrum which probably isn’t We may be forgiven for failing to understand the forces which, over the past half year of the collapse of debt “securitisation”, have stimulated an increase in the bought price of some certain...
LMN member group Forest Peoples’ Programme has made a submission to the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into business and human rights. FPP’s submission deals with Indigenous Peoples and the right to Free, Prior and Informed...
The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) called in March for evidence to be presented to an inquiry into business and human rights. The JCHR’s call for evidence is posted below London Mining Network’s submission. 1 May 2009...
London Calling regrets a lost opportunity for coal mine workers In March, under the auspices of the British National Union of Mineworkers and Australia’s CFMEU, a hundred and twenty delegates, belonging to 20 unions from 17 countries, participated in the second...
The Mines and Communities website has published a number of reports on the coal industry. A mixed bag of coal-related “policies” In 2006-2008 nuclear (uranium) power became the fashionable “alternative energy” solution for some people who...
The planned diamond mine at the centre of an international controversy over the forced relocation of Botswana’s Bushmen has been shelved due to the global recession. Demand for diamonds has collapsed in recent months, and all Botswana’s diamond mines closed in...
At the invitation of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, Rio Tinto has responded to some of the concerns raised at its 15 April London AGM. See http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/269440.
Rio Tinto takes step towards transparency by publishing payments to governments Rio Tinto has taken an important step towards transparency by voluntarily disclosing, for the first time, the total tax and royalty payments that it makes to 13 of the countries where it...
Large mining operations in Africa have generated big profits for foreign companies, with little local benefit. Now governments are trying to harness more mining revenues for development purposes. This UN report is of relevance to Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Crew, De...
Full report available at http://www.corporate-responsibility.org The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition Media Briefing The Reality of Rights A new report reveals the reality for victims of human...
The past nine months of unprecedented upheavals in the world of global mining finance has caused a revision to our notions of which companies wield the most “money power” over the industry as a whole. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9202
Last Saturday, the British-listed mining company, Vedanta Resources, faced overwhelming local opposition for their plans to expand their refinery in Orissa, India. The sacred Niyamgiri Hills in India are the home to and source of livelihood for the Kondh tribal...
