Phulbari Day, 26 August 2015
Every year, the killings of protesters against opencast coal mining at Phulbari in Bangladesh are commemorated. Plans to construct a huge opencast mine are being pursued by London-listed GCM Resources. This year, a meeting was held in London to pay homage to the...
Islamic Climate Change Declaration Released
Photo: Islamic Relief In June we reported on Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on the environment, social justice and climate change, which also mentioned the damage done by mining. Now a major Islamic declaration on climate change has been released, calling for...
Industrial Mining: A Wild Frontier in Need of Monitoring
PassBlue is an independent digital publication providing in-depth journalism and vivid photographs on the United Nations, with a strong focus on women. The publication’s reporter Rhona Scullion recently interviewed London Mining Network Co-ordinator Richard...
Is coal mining in Britain heading for extinction?
Deep coal mines were the bedrock of Britain’s industrial revolution and the struggle to save them, and the jobs and communities that relied on them, helped define the politics of the 1970s and 80s. But it looks as though Britain’s last two deep coal mines...
Life on Mars – a report on the Vedanta AGM, London, 3 August 2015
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network This year’s Vedanta AGM was preceded, as usual, by a vibrant and noisy demonstration organised by our friends at Foil Vedanta – one of a series of demonstrations against the company organised also in India...
Pope Francis and mining
Pope Francis recently published an ‘encyclical letter’ on ecology and climate change. Now he has commented more specifically on mining and its impact on communities. Pope Francis: Mining industry in need of ‘a radical paradigm change’ The...
More analysis of the Farlam Commission report on the Marikana Massacre
The Bench Marks Foundation in South Africa has published comments on various aspects of the Farlam Commission report on the Marikana Massacre. Bench Marks Executive Director John Capel highlights some of the weaknesses in the Farlam Commission’s mandate into...
Gabriel Resources take Romania to World Bank over Rosia Montana
Re-posted from Save Rosia Montana: July 21, 2015. This is the date when the locals of Rosia Montana obtained a subtle confirmation that their village is saved from the destruction of Gabriel Resources. The company admitted yesterday in a press release that they have...
International People’s Conference on Mining 2015: A Call for International Solidarity against Destructive Mining
International People’s Conference on Mining 2015 (IPCM) press statement 21 July 2015 Unified in addressing various people’s concerns on destructive mining across the globe, various environmental advocates, campaigners, and grassroots leaders worldwide will be... Latest responses to the Farlam Report into the Marikana massacre
The Farlam Inquiry’s recently released report into the Auust 2012 massacre of mine workers at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in South Africa continues to attract strong criticism. The Marikana Support Campaign says that the inquiry panel was hostile to...