Mining is misery for us, says Colombian indigenous leader

Yazmin Romero: “Defending the earth is an act of peace” “For us mining is misery. They say there is coal there for the world; but they don’t realise this comes at the expense of huge loss of human life.” Yasmin Romero Epiayu. Yasmin Romero Epiayu is an indigenous...

BHP Billiton: climate change leader or laggard?

As ministers gather in Warsaw this week for the UN’s latest round of intergovernmental negotiations on climate change, and the Philippines reels from the strongest storm ever recorded, officials at BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, is...

An unchanging climate at BHP Billiton

Report on the BHP Billiton AGM, LMN’s visitors from Colombia and Indonesia, and the attempt by Ian Dunlop, climate change campaigner, to get elected to the company’s Board.

BHP Billiton to be slammed for Borneo coal mining at AGM

Press Release by Down to Earth and London Mining Network London, Tuesday 22nd October 2013 The board of controversial mining giant BHP Billiton is set to be slammed at its AGM by an Indonesian activist over seven coal concessions collectively covering an area of more...