PRESS RELEASE: Indonesian campaigner calls for Rio Tinto to exit Papua
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 11/04/18 Indonesian mining campaigner visiting London for Rio Tinto AGM calls for company to exit Papua and accountability An Indonesian activist is visiting London from 11-18th April to highlight the human and environmental cost of mining...
Statue unveiled to protest opencast coal
On 10 April, Secretary of State for Communities, Sajid Javid and his colleagues were greeted with a life-size statue depicting the Secretary of State ‘turning a blind eye’ to the imminent expansion of opencast coal mining in the UK. The statue’s creators, Art Rise Up,...
Smile please! It's the Lonmin AGM!
Report on the AGM of Lonmin plc, held at the Lincoln Centre, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, on 15 March 2018 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network You may wonder why anyone should be asked to smile at the AGM of a company so closely connected in...
Serious incident at Anglo American's operations in Minas Gerais, Brazil
On 12 March, London-based Anglo American halted iron ore production at its mine in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state after a mineral duct used to transport the product to an export terminal broke down. The impacts of the pipeline rupture were serious. This is the kind...
Demands of South African delegation to Lonmin plc, March 2018
Reviewed by Bishop Johannes Seoka, Andries Nkome and Thumeka Magwangqana Since Bishop Jo Seoka attended the Lonmin AGM in January 2017, he reports that little progress has been made at Marikana, despite promises made by the company. Community representatives therefore...
Event: Water, Land, Life: celebrating the true treasures of Cajamarca
Monday 26 March, 7.00pm-10.00pm Join inspiring visitors from Colombia to celebrate the courage and creativity of Cajamarca – the Colombian municipality that stopped a mega mine and is pioneering alternatives to extractivism- with a night of storytelling, music...
Press release – Marikana pushes for accountability from Lonmin before takeover
JOINT PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/03/18 Community leader, bishop and lawyer representing workers at Marikana, South Africa, visit London 12-16 March to hold platinum mining company Lonmin to account over 2012 Massacre Lonmin has still not fulfilled...
Coal in England, and worker deaths in South Africa
Dear friends, If you are in London, don’t forget the events coming up this week in support of our friends from South Africa: a demonstration outside the Lonmin AGM in Lincoln’s Inn Fields on Thursday morning and a public meeting at the Karibu Centre in...Protected: Annual review
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Justice for Marikana: protest the Lonmin AGM!
Time is running out to hold Lonmin to account for its role in South Africa’s Marikana Massacre Lonmin is a British-South African mining company; it is the world’s third largest platinum producer and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. One of its mines is in...