Rio Tinto AGM 2015: yawning and struggling
Reflection of the Rio Tinto AGM in London, 16 April 2015, by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network. I can’t say I attend mining company AGMs because I enjoy them. They are a kind of liturgy in the Temple of Money, where the worshippers make...
Rio Tinto AGM: Workers of the world unite!
Report on the Rio Tinto AGM, London, 16 April 2015 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network There is a full webcast of the AGM at http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/q5xxmtf6. This year’s Rio Tinto AGM was another three hour marathon, preceded by a...
Rio Tinto AGM 2015 in the news
Last week’s London AGM of mining multinational Rio Tinto was covered in the Guardian along with news of the BP AGM, which took place at the same time. City AM and the Morning Star both mentioned the event and Industrial Minerals carried a remarkably positive...
Chilean court orders demolition of Antofagasta Minerals' Mauro tailings dam
by Elif Karakartal and Ximena Blanco On Monday 9 March 2015, the Tribunal in the town of Vilos ordered the demolition of the Mauro tailings (toxic waste) dam at the Minera Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile. Minera Los Pelambres is owned by London-listed mining...
Bougainville passes new mining law, outraging mining opponents
Many in Bougainville are determined to prevent Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) returning to the island. The company’s Panguna copper and gold mine triggered a war with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, backed by Australia. See the...
Guardian, London Assembly and United Nations call for fossil fuel disinvestment
In the wake of the recent Global Divestment Day, the London Assembly has called on Mayor Boris Johnson to pull Greater London’s investment’s out of coal, oil and gas. UK newspaper The Guardian recently launched its Keep It In The Ground Campaign, calling...
Campaign launched to stop European raw material policies undermining human rights
London Mining Network has joined European partners to launch a new campaign directed at European citizens, politicians and companies, advocating that EU regulation on conflict minerals contains binding agreements on human rights. The campaign, called “Stop Mad Mining...
Longannet closure
by Malcolm Spaven, Chairperson, Scottish Opencast Communities Alliance Longannet, Scotland’s sole remaining coal-fired power station, will almost certainly close at the end of March 2016. That was the message from evidence given by power station owners Scottish Power...
Update on Antofagasta and the community of Caimanes, Chile
Tension continues in Caimanes, Chile, as local people continue protests to try to ensure that Minera Los Pelambres, owned by London-listed Antofagasta plc, complies with a court ruling last October ordering it to restore the natural flow of water in the Pupio valley.... A delightful divestment day in London!
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network. Photo from Huck News Yesterday’s Global Divestment Day activities in London were delightful! Hundreds of us gathered outside London’s City Hall to call on Mayor Boris Johnson and the Greater London...