Scottish Coal's collapse: the untold story
Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) press release 2013-25, 24 April 2013 (See also information from Coal Action Scotland below this press release) The collapse of the Scottish Coal Company has, according to those charged with liquidating the business, been caused by...The Rio Tinto AGM: money makes their world go round, but for the company's opponents, the struggle goes on
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Pebble Mine Opposition Outlasts Anglo American and Rio Tinto CEOs
Last week in London, Joel Reynolds of US-based Natural Resources Defense Council attended the AGMs of both Rio Tinto and Anglo American, joining a delegation of Bristol Bay leaders, including Bobby Andrew, Yup’ik elder, life-long fisherman, and spokesperson for...It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice: lessons from the Anglo American AGM
Read a report on Anglo American’s AGM on 19 April – including concerns raised by community representatives from Alaska, Colombia and South Africa, and the company’s responses.
Julio Gomez speaks outside Anglo American AGM – denounces displacements for mining in Colombia
Colombian community activist Julio Gomez, representing FECODEMIGUA, an alliance of communities displaced by the Cerrejon coal mine, attended the AGM of Anglo American yesterday. Watch a 3-minute video interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnjVAI-SBp8.Anglo-American and the finance sector: exporting abuse
We need to be aware of the impact our government’s policies have well beyond our shores. Anglo-American, alongside BHP Billiton and Xstrata, owns Latin America’s biggest coal mine, the Cerrejón mine in Colombia. The mine was established on the land of indigenous and...Rio Tinto accused of environmental and human rights breaches
West Papuan activists protest outside Rio Tinto’s AGM over the company’s involvement in the Grasberg mine. Photo: Amy Scaife Protesters from around the world attacked mining company Rio Tinto for a string for alleged environmental and human rights breaches...Protest at Vedanta HQ as Supreme Court decision announced
Indian Supreme Court judges yesterday handed the final decision on Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mine to the Dongria Kond tribe and farmers living around the mountain. Two Gram Sabha’s (village councils) or local self-government within 10km of the proposed mine should announce...Stories of Resistance – community activists slam Rio Tinto, Anglo American
Watch video coverage of the event last Monday with community and worker representatives from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa, the USA and West Papua.