What Rio Tinto isn’t saying
As the Anglo-Australian mining giant celebrates 150 years of operation, we take the opportunity to present some of the information the company would rather not share. From the fatal flaws in its plans for Resolution Copper to the gagging clauses used in Madagascar,...
Major mining multinationals all under fire as AGM season begins
Dear friends, The AGM season is upon us, with the annual shareholders’ meetings of Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Glencore coming up over the next two months. The first is Rio Tinto on Thursday 6 April. We are working with friends at XR to present a ‘mock trial’ of the...
Anglo American’s false solutions in Chile
Anglo American’s false solutions in Chile Original article OLCA Edited and translated by Catriona Rainsford It’s impossible to believe them when they continue to destroy life. Just weeks from its shareholders’ meeting in London and the resolution of the...
QMM Investor Briefing 2023
As part of our preparations for the Rio Tinto 2023 AGM, we present this briefing document from our friends at Andrew Lees Trust and Publish What you Pay Madagascar. INVESTOR BRIEFING 2023 Public Event – Rio Tinto: Against People, Climate and Nature
5 April 2023, 18:00 – 20:30, Amnesty International, New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA Rio Tinto’s business harms people, our climate and the natural world. No matter how it tries to greenwash what it does or reframes its practices as being for the good of the climate, the...
Over 220 organizations call on Colombian government to withdraw from international investment treaties that enable million-dollar corporate claims
The groups urge the Colombian government to withdraw from treaties that enable transnational corporations to sue the country in tribunals designed to favor their interests. March 7, 2023 Haga clic aquí para leer este comunicado de prensa en español. Today, more than...
Mining Injunction Should Spell the End of the Jamaican Bauxite Industry
By John Lennon, social justice advocate On 20 January 2023, the Supreme Court of Jamaica granted an injunction against Noranda Jamaica Partners II and New Day Aluminum (Jamaica) Limited. This will end either the commencement or the continuation of mining of the lands...
Resisting Mining Book Club, 8 March: Conflict Minerals, Inc.
We’re pleased to present Christoph Vogel’s Conflict Minerals, Inc as the subject of our next Resisting Mining Book Club. We will hear from Christoph on the main points of the book before opening the floor to questions and discussion. About the Book In the...
Peru and capitalist extraction–the imperial mining powers behind the throne
By Andy Higginbottom Article originally published at MRonline Source: https://www.latindadd.org/2022/05/10/mineria-en-peru-ganancia-extraordinaria-2021-libre-de-impuesto/ As a rainbow of social movements in Peru prepare for a general strike starting on 4 January the...
Recover Colombia’s sovereignty in defense of water, life and territories
SIGN-ON to call on the Colombian government to withdraw from treaties that allow Colombia to be sued in tribunals designed by and for transnational corporations We need your support for Colombia to recover its sovereignty and protect water and territories...