Blood, mud, corruption and criminality
Dear friends, The cataclysmically destructive nature of the mining industry becomes ever more evident. A recent UN report has shown that extractive industries are together responsible for half the world’s carbon emissions and 80% of biodiversity loss. We are not...
Rio Tinto’s mining waste: a disaster waiting to happen?
The evening before Rio Tinto’s annual shareholder meeting, join us for an event where we’ll be hearing about its damaging proposed and current mining projects in Madagascar, West Papua and the US, on 9th April, at Amnesty International’s office,...
Lonmin: still one of the unacceptable faces of British capitalism
Full report of the Lonmin AGM 25 March 2019 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Andy Higginbottom, Daniel Selwyn, Maren Grimm, Markus Dufner, Nima Mudey and Tilman Massa. A loud and colourful demonstration took place outside the...
Lonmin’s profits rise as Marikana community continues to suffer
Lonmin announces solid financial performance ahead of drawn out takeover while refusing to secure 12,600 mine workers’ jobs At Lonmin’s annual general meeting yesterday, while protesters gathered outside, the London-listed company announced profits of US$100 million....
Press release: Demonstration outside Lonmin AGM
London-listed platinum miner awaits takeover as Marikana community repeat demands for justice nearly seven years after mineworker massacre. Lonmin AGM protest: March 25, 10-11am, Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5 An international alliance of community, solidarity...
Protest Lonmin’s AGM: Justice for Marikana
We collected the women and when we met near the mountain, we were too late. We heard the bullets, and then the ambulances. Thirty-four mine workers were shot dead.” Thumeka Magwangqana, Marikana community leader On August 16 2012, over 100 workers on strike for a...
Polluted water, website, and worker deaths
Dear friends, We have redesigned our website! It now provides much more introductory material, so people who are not familiar with the mining industry or our work can learn more about the background as well as being able to find our latest news (now available at the...
Legal action against Cerrejón Coal’s environmental licence
Press release from CAJAR lawyers’ collective (Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restrepo), Bogota, Friday 22 February 2019. (Unofficial translation; original in Spanish.) Cerrejón Coal is owned by London-listed companies Anglo American, BHP and Glencore. Legal...
What’s in the water?
BHP, the London-listed mining giant, released its half-year profit earnings this morning, on 19th February. Their net profit for June-December 2018 increased to $3.8 billion, up 90 percent from the last half of 2017. But it comes at a cost: clean water for...
Vigil for Brazil’s communities affected by Brumadinho dam disaster
In sadness and rage, please join us outside the Embassy of Brazil in solidarity with the communities affected by Brazil’s Brumadinho tailings dam disaster on Wednesday 6th February. On Friday January 25th, in the state of Minas Gerais, 12 million cubic metres of...