EU countries must not weaken plan to stop conflict minerals trade
The following is an opinion piece, written by Abbot Léonard Santedi, the Secretary General of the Bishops Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo, commenting on the current state of negotiations with in the European Union about conflict minerals. CIDSE, the...
BHP Billiton agrees to pay out over Samarco disaster, but legal action continues
For earlier updates, see https://londonminingnetwork.org/2016/02/updates-on-bhp-billitons-brazilian-dam-disaster/. BHP agrees to $US2.3b Samarco settlement BHP Billiton’s Samarco joint venture will pay up to $US2.3 billion ($A3.15 billion) over six years after...
Cerrejon Coal: brutal evictions of villagers resisting relocation
La Guajira, Colombia: On Wednesday 24 February, the last family of villagers who had returned to the old village site at Roche out of frustration at conditions in the new settlement constructed by Cerrejon Coal were brutally evicted by Colombian police. The wholly... Updates on BHP Billiton's Brazilian dam disaster
For earlier updates, see https://londonminingnetwork.org/?s=Samarco. Brazil police may accuse Samarco execs of homicide in dam burst Brazilian police have enough evidence to accuse executives of miner Samarco Mineração SA with homicide over a deadly dam burst in...
Why we occupied a Barclays bank
Last Friday, People & Planet, The Wretched of the Earth, Move Your Money, Fossil Free UCL and London Mining Network shut down Barclays flagship bank branch in Piccadilly Circus, in solidarity with those fighting the front line impacts of the bank’s fossil...
It's all kicking off at Cerrejon Coal
Houses in the community of New Roche, June 2014 (photo: Richard Solly) By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Julia Lagoutte We have just received news that many families from three of the communities displaced by Cerrejon Coal...
London's mining history, from colonialism to apartheid: Why Rhodes Must Fall
From Cape to Cairo – Rhodes` vision of the conquest of Africa. He got as far as Northen Rhodesia , modern day Zambia, and through his agent and companies influenced mining development as far as Katanga now in DRC.by Kerima Mohideen and Richard Harkinson One Sided...
Beowulf wants dialogue with Sami but won't take no for an answer!
2013 protest against Beowulf Mining By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network It was standing room only at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Beowulf Mining plc in London this morning. Mind you, it was a very small room. There were only fifteen...
Dramatic news from Skouries in Greece
Protest against the Skouries gold mine There’s been dramatic back-and-forth over London-listed Canadian company Eldorado Gold’s Skouries gold mining project in Halkidiki, Greece. Over the Christmas holidays members of the Plataforma pola defensa de...
At the Coalface: Ten more years of UK coal burning a lifetime on the ground
Following the UK Government’s plans to phase out coal-burning power stations by 2025, Coal Action Network have released a new report tracing and examining the places coal burned in the UK is coming from. And while the Government’s announcement hints at a step in the...