Felipe Ustate outside the BHP Billiton AGM on 25 October (Photo: Kristian Buus) See more photos of the protest at http://www.demotix.com/news/1548188/protest-tells-bhp-billington-agm-stop-dirty-energy-london/all-media. Reflection by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network Bumi…
It was a billion dollar deal that was supposed to bring two famous business dynasties together – one from the East and the other the West. Nat Rothschild, descendant of…
The Bumi drama highlights how many in the City want to shine more light on foreign firms gaining from a London listing. See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/mining-the-darker-side-of-the-london-market-8213987.html. Bumi affair reflects appallingly on London,…
…Nat Rothschild over Bumi Indonesian family seeks to buy back coal mining assets from London-listed giant. See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bakries-file-for-divorce-from-nat-rothschild-over-bumi-8207938.html. For London Mining Network’s recent comments on Bumi, see https://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/10/in-the-shadow-of-the-scandals-surrounding-bumi-plc-proposed-ethics-and-human-rights-amendment-to-financial-services-bill-blocked/ and https://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/10/bumis-lesson-fsa-light-touch-approach-does-not-work/….
…recommendations for change in regulation by the listing authority in the UK can be found at http://www.downtoearth-indonesia.org/story/indonesian-coal-company-london-stock-exchange LMN recent coverage of Bumi is at https://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/09/bumi-we-said-so-didnt-we/ A brief report of Bumi…
