(Original Spanish version here) It is altogether rather easy and convenient for the Colombian government, and institutions like the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, to attribute the drought being experienced in much of the country to El Niño and...
Villagers from Tabaco stand in the ruins of their house after the 9 August 2001 eviction By Richard Solly, Colombia Solidarity Campaign member and Co-ordinator of London Mining Network Today, 9 August 2014, is the 13th anniversary of the brutal eviction of the small...
Commentary by mining researcher Roger Moody The Mining Journal published on June 27th a ranking of the world’s biggest mining companies, by both their market capitalisation and annual revenues. It makes for some interesting reading, since there have been some...
By Richard Solly, member of Colombia Solidarity Campaign and Co-ordinator of London Mining Network. 24 June 2014 The shock of the new For nearly fourteen years, I have been working in support of communities affected by the Cerrejon coal mine, a vast opencast mine in...
Report by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network This year’s Anglo American AGM – always very genteel affairs – was a little more exciting than usual. Mark Beacon of LMN member group ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa) presented Anglo American’s...
