'I see that people are sad': Samarco report summary

'I see that people are sad': Samarco report summary

Just before BHP’s annual general meeting on 19 October, London Mining Network published a report into Brazil’s Samarco dam disaster which devastated communities all along the Rio Doce river system in Brazil. Around 1.4 million people are seeking urgent action to...
Community representatives come to London for BHP AGM

Community representatives come to London for BHP AGM

Visitors from three of the thirteen countries that BHP operates in have come to London in search of accountability for the company’s operations in their respective homes. These range from the fall-outs of the widely-known Samarco dam disaster in Brazil, to the forced...
Once Again Cerrejón Coal Uses Force to Remove Farming Families

Once Again Cerrejón Coal Uses Force to Remove Farming Families

Yet again, there has been a brutal eviction carried out by the Colombian riot police for the benefit of mining company Cerrejón Coal, owned by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP and Glencore – and it was carried out on 28 September, not long before...