Solidarity with those on the front lines of climate change
London Mining Network took part in the Climate March on Sunday, November 29. As an organisation, we did not march in the Wretched of the Earth (WotE) bloc (a coalition of visiting Indigenous delegates and Global South diaspora in London), respecting the desire...
Human Rights Day: The costs behind a new smartphone
This Human Rights Day, don’t let your holiday spending fuel violence abroad. Sign the petition to help tackle the trade in conflict minerals. Hundreds of thousands buy smart phones for Christmas presents in Europe. But how many of them know that the gold and...
Hijacking #MinesAndMoney
As you read this, London is playing host to an unsavoury gathering of shady miners and their wheeler-dealer financiers. Over 2,500 people – including top brass from 150 of the world’s biggest mining firms – are getting together at the Mines and Money conference for...
Update on BHP Billiton/Vale dam disaster in Brazil
The scale of the 5 November tailings dam burst at the BHP Billiton/Vale-owned Samarco iron ore mine in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, continues to grow as the waste from the dam flows downstream. It seems it is becoming the biggest tailings dam disaster in history.... Catastrophic tailings dam disaster at BHP Billiton/Vale mine in Brazil
A tailings dam rupture at the Samarco iron ore mine in Brazil, jointly owned by massive Brazilian mining company Vale and the world’s largest mining company, London-listed BHP Billiton, was one of the worst mining disasters in Brazilian history and one of the...
Report on Beyond Good Business conference on mining impacts on women
LMN member group LAMMP recently held a day conference on the impacts of mining on women. You can find a full report on the conference, and the presentations made, here.
The Two Degrees: yet another BHP Billiton AGM
Samuel Arregoces from Colombia arrives at the BHP Billiton AGM (Photo: Christian McLaughlin) Report on the 22 October 2015 London AGM of BHP Billiton plc by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network As shareholders arrived at the BHP Billiton AGM, they were...
Stranded Assets: Protest the BHP Billiton AGM
Demonstration on Thursday 22 October Defend life, resist destruction Demand justice for communities affected by coal mining Tell investors in BHP Billiton it’s time to divest from fossil fuels Join the demonstration outside mining giant BHP Billiton’s AGM. Time:...
Reclaim Power and Defend Life: a tour
On the 9 October, as part of global #ReclaimPower mobilisations, London Mining Network and other groups in London held an action tour in Central London, stopping at various companies and government agencies that are enabling and financing dirty energy projects around...
Defending life, resisting destruction: communities and coal mining in Colombia
Two visitors from Colombia will be in the UK this month to attend the AGM of mining multinational BHP Billiton and speak at a public meeting in London on Thursday 22 October and to take part in the Divest Scotland tour. BHP Billiton part-owns the massive Cerrejon...