The Vedanta AGM 2018: a complete farce
But who will have the last laugh? By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network See also Foil Vedanta’s AGM report, coverage by Reuters and the Ecologist, an analysis of Vedanta’s reasons for delisting, and the archive of news articles and comment...
Why is Vedanta delisting from the London Stock Exchange?
By Richard Harkinson, research associate for London Mining Network What is Vedanta? Vedanta Resources plc is a London stock exchange listed [second investment tier FTSE 250] metals mining and processing company which operates mines, metal refineries and smelters...
PRESS RELEASE: Report blames City of London as Vedanta prepares to de-list
Damning report on Vedanta’s operations released. MPs take note. Protests at AGM as Vedanta de-lists. FCA headquarters targeted as responsible for corporate crimes. Foil Vedanta(1) and a coalition of organisations have released a damning report...
Emergency picket: HANDS OFF AMADIBA
END PERSECUTION OF AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE! Emergency Picket: South Africa High Commission, South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DP, UK 4-5pm Thursday 27th September South African Police Exclude Amadiba People from Public Hearing At a supposed ‘public...
Crowdfunder: Help environmental defenders hold BHP to account
We launched our first ever crowdfunder today to help us fund the #BeyondBHP week of action. We would really appreciate any donations, big or small, and if you can’t donate, please share instead. Communities all over the world are rising against mining: from La...
Breaking free from BHP
Dear friends, We’ve got a bumper mailout for you this time, with masses of news of our recent involvement in a solidarity visit to communities affected by the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia and London activities in commemoration of the Marikana Massacre in South...
Ten years on from the independent evaluation of Cerrejon Coal
Armed eviction of the residents of Tabaco, La Guajira, Colombia, 9 August 2001 Ten years ago, the report of an Independent Panel of Inquiry into the impacts of Cerrejon Coal was published. Cerrejon is Latin America’s largest open cast coal mine, and is owned by...
FILM: Marikana's Precious Metal
Precious Metal: Marikana film released online 16 August marked the sixth anniversary of the Marikana Massacre in South Africa, when security forces opened fire on striking mine-workers in the most lethal use of force by the South African state since apartheid....
Letter of solidarity from Chile to Marikana
On 16 August, around 60 people participated in Marikana Solidarity Collective’s (Marikana Miners Solidarity Campaign, Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum, Decolonising Environmentalism and London Mining Network) vigil of the sixth anniversary of the Marikana... Fear and loathing in La Guajira
Forced eviction of the community of Tabaco to make way for the Cerrejon coal mine, 9 August 2001 Report by Richard Solly of Colombia Solidarity Campaign and Co-ordinator of London Mining Network It is sad to see fear on the faces of people you love because of the...