Vigil for Brumadinho – Solidarity with Minas Gerais

Vigil for Brumadinho – Solidarity with Minas Gerais

Join us in remembering those who were killed by the collapse of Vale’s tailings dam in Brumadinho, and in showing our solidarity by those threatened by the current flooding in Minas Gerais. We will gather outside the Brazilian Embassy in London for a candlelight...
Finding hope in protests

Finding hope in protests

Dear friends, Very best wishes of the season to all of you! After a very busy period with the BHP AGM, the COP26 talks, a visit to London by friends from Save Our Sperrins in Northern Ireland, and a process of hiring two new part-time workers, we are ending the year...
Can the mining industry save the planet? Probably not.

BHP AGM 2021 – the future is clear: we’re doomed

Report and personal reflection by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network 1. This year’s BHP plc AGM, held on 14 October at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster, central London, may have been the last ever: if shareholders vote at...
Can the mining industry save the planet? Probably not.

BHP: Stop the Greenwash

BHP will be holding its 2021 AGM on 14 October. From the time BHP decides to open a mine to the moment it cuts and runs, it plays a game of greenwashing and deflection. BHP claims it’s there to “build a better, clearer future”, but there is no such thing as ‘green...