The Pope's Ecology Encyclical & Mining – A Campaigner's Perspective
By Henry Longbottom Henry Longbottom SJ is a member of a Roman Catholic religious order known as the Jesuits (to which Pope Francis belongs) and is currently studying for the priesthood. He is actively involved in London Mining Network. When I became a Catholic seven...
Stop the Corporate Carve-up of Africa!
Demonstration at the Mining on Top Africa Summit in London, 25 June at 18:00 Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, 18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ The Mining on Top Africa London Summit says it aims to drive economic and social development in Africa. Yet there is a total...
PRESS RELEASE: Power station petition signed by over 110,000 to be handed to DECC by giant White Elephant
When: 8:30-9:30, Thursday 18th June 2015 Where: DECC offices, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW Who: Biofuelwatch, London Mining Network & Care2 Petitions What: Photo opportunity at DECC’s Whitehall offices – campaigners will hand a petition in to DECC with...
Lonmin, the Marikana massacre, job cuts and taxes
Nearly three years after the massacre of mineworkers at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in South Africa, people are still waiting to read the report of an inquiry into the outrage. President Zuma appears to be sitting on the report – and both...
This was the place that Isidro called home
by Diana Salazar, Emma Banks and Doris Salazar Diana Salazar of LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign has just visited La Guajira, Colombia, as part of a delegation organised by US organisation Witness for Peace, to investigate the impacts of the Cerrejon coal...
Wrong Decision – Bradley Mine Approved by Inspector
By Coal Action Network On Wednesday (3/6/15) it was announced that UK Coal’s application to mine 520,561 tonnes of coal from a site called Bradley was approved. The site is currently agricultural land in Leadgate, Durham, UK. This is a highly contested site with...
Solidarity and Supply Chains: LMN helps Reclaim the Power
By Hal Rhoades On the 29th of May I was delighted to represent London Mining Network and network member The Gaia Foundation at this year’s Reclaim the Power gathering. In the shadow of Didcot power station and the tilting silhouettes of red kites, LMN shared a...
BHP Billiton: pull out of Indomet project!
Actions at BHP Billiton offices in Melbourne and London, Tuesday 26 May Yesterday, activists in Melbourne in Australia and in London targeted the offices of BHP Billiton to draw attention to the damage caused by the company’s activities in the rainforests of...
More news on divestment
Our friends in global mine workers’ union IndustriALL have published some thoughts on the need for workers to be involved in the transition to a low carbon economy, to make sure that it takes into account workers’ needs for decent jobs. The Business...
New film on the Tampakan mine: Stop Glencore's deadly mine
Please watch and share this new War On Want film about Glencore’s Tampakan mine in the Philippines.