The London Mining Network: Collaborating for greater transparency, accountability, and responsibility
Pius Ginting (middle), a community and environmental campaigner from Indonesia, stayed with the Jesuit Clapham Community and took part in the Dirty Coal Tour organised by the London Mining Network. Photo: Green Jesuit By Henry Longbottom, SJ, a member of...
African women say ‘NO’ to Coal!
African women say ‘NO’ to Coal! WoMin Press release, 24 January 2015 Coal kills people, Coal destroys health and community well-being, Coal devastates land, water and eco-systems and Coal is destroying our planet. These are the conclusions of more than fifty women...
Community rises against Antofagasta in Chile
Photo: Alvaro Badillo RESIDENTS OF LOS CAIMANES, CHILE, REACH 40 DAYS OF MOBILIZATION TO DEMAND THAT MINING MULTINATIONAL ANTOFAGASTA MINERALS COMPLY WITH CHILEAN LAW Eye witness account from Caimanes, Chile, by Elif Karakartal; translation by Ali Sargent. On October...
As 2015 begins, pressures on coal show no sign of ending
Continued use of coal is ecologically unsustainable – but it also looks as though it is economically unsustainable as well. Pressures on coal show no signs of ending Arguably, most of the world’s coal assets are already stranded — doomed by the new global... Fears that opencast coal mining could permanently scar Scotland's landscape
… but the solution being proposed is to cut the taxes paid by the companies doing the scarring! Read on… Fears mining could leave Fife’s landscape permanently scarred Scotland’s landscape could be permanently scarred by the legacy of opencast coal unless a...
Controversy over Rio Tinto/BHP Billiton copper mine continues in Arizona
The US Senate gave Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton a Christmas present by paving the way for their proposed copper mine in Arizona on land sacred to the Apache people. For background, see Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton in Arizona: copper project in conflict with Apaches and...
Following up the Dirty Coal Tour
In October and November 2014, London Mining Network hosted a Dirty Coal Tour, with visitors from Colombia and Indonesia meeting up with Fossil Free Universities groups, local WDM groups, churches and others to speak about the human and environmental impacts of coal...
Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton in Arizona: copper project in conflict with Apaches and others
In April, LMN hosted Roger Featherstone from the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition when he visited London to address the 2014 Rio Tinto AGM. He was here to call on Rio Tinto, and BHP Billiton as a junior partner in the project, not to go ahead with their plans for the...
AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia: threats and protests
Just over a year ago, LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign published a report on AngloGold Ashanti’s efforts to open a huge new open pit gold mine at La Colosa in the Colombian province of Tolima. Local people are still worried about the project’s...
Demo raged in London at British coal company GCM
While several of us were inside the GCM Resources AGM last week raising concerns about the company’s planned Phulbari coal project in Bangladesh, many of our Bangladeshi friends and allies were outside in the cold making demonstrating. Here’s some of the...