On 24 July, an open letter was sent by email to Lina Echeverri of Carbones del Cerrejon (Cerrejon Coal), the mining company operating the vast Cerrejon opencast coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. It is owned by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP and...
Report on the Anglo American AGM 8 May 2018 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network With assistance from Ana Bolena Chamie, Andy Whitmore, Benjamin Hitchcock, Paul Robson, Seb Ordonez and Sunit Bagree. Introduction 1. This was the first AGM presided over...
On the eve of Anglo American’s 2018 AGM on 8 May, threats continue against critics of its Minas Rio iron ore mine in Brazil. At last year’s AGM representatives of the Churches and Mining Network from Brazil revealed that threats had been made against the...
For Immediate Release: 04 May 2018 Campaigners bring demands of affected communities to Anglo-American AGM Despite breaking news of its divestment from the Nautilus deep sea mining project, Anglo-American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, still faces a...
A pipeline in Brazil carrying iron ore more than 500 kms from Minas Gerias State to a terminal on the Atlantic Ocean burst twice during March 2018 in the District of Santo Antônio do Grama, leading to the suspension of the use of the pipeline for at least three...
