Protesting the Mines and Money conference and other London mining news
Dear friends, I hope you had a good break at the end of 2017, and wish you all the best for 2018. Late last year, we were involved in protesting against the Mines and Money Conference in London and challenging coal company GCM Resources at its AGM. We report on both...
We Are Bruno: Citizens Caught Between An Absentee State And A State-Like Corporation
We Are Bruno: Citizens Caught Between An Absentee State And A State-Like Corporation During Water Conflicts In La Guajira, Colombia Emma Banks, Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University ABSTRACT: In natural resource frontiers, local communities are on the...
Flogging a Dead Horse: the 2017 GCM Resources AGM
“The overall indication from various departments has not been entirely negative…” Datuk Michael Tang, Executive Chairman, GCM Resources. Report on the GCM Resources AGM, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1, Tuesday 12 December 2017 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London...
Delays and conflict at Minas Rio, Brazil
Anglo American has recently announced that it will close its Minas Rio iron ore mine in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, if the licence for the third stage of mining development is not issued soon. The Minas Rio mine has been a source of grave concern for some residents...
VIDEO: Resisting Mines and Money
In November 2017, nearly 2,000 mining company representatives, investors and financiers met at London’s Mines and Money Conference. Deals struck here – with the help of the likes of Nigel Farage and Arron Banks – are fuelling projects around the planet that...
South African Catholic bishops ask mining corporations to explain why they use tax havens
Commemoration of the anniversary of the Marikana massacre, which occurred during a strike at Lonmin’s platinum operations in South Africa. Several of the companies mentioned in the press release below, and the accompanying letter, are listed in London. 29...
Event: Vedanta on Trial, Friday 1 December 2017
In September 2009 following heavy storms, a power plant chimney suddenly collapsed, killing at least 42 impoverished, sub-contracted workers. The catastrophe occurred at the Korba aluminium complex in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, majority owned and managed by...
Frontline defenders travel to London to counter Mines and Money conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 21/11/17 Kalikasan PNE coordinator for Philippines Clemente Bautista and Camila Mendez from member group COSAJUCA, will travel to the heart of the mining industry – London – to challenge the Mines and Money conference. From the...
Frontline voices challenging Mines and Money Conference
Between 25-30 November, frontline activists will gather in London to oppose the Mines and Money conference, attended by over 2,000 investors and speakers such as Brexiter Nigel Farage and Paradise Papers implicated Arron Banks. From Uganda, Colombia and Philippines,...
'Water should be for life and not for death'
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report calling on mining companies to put people and the planet before profit. Mine Tailings Storage: safety is no Accident has been produced jointly by UNEP and the Norwegian foundation GRID-Adrenal. It...