London and the world's biggest mining companies
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...
Cerrejon Coal, Colombia: “an abusive marriage, full of machismo”
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...
BHP Billiton and the Algerian Regime
A new report from Platform and the Algeria Solidarity Campaign has criticised the role of oil and gas companies and the UK in financing the military dictatorship in Algeria that has quashed democratic dissent for many decades. In a 2013 report, Amnesty International...