Houses in the community of New Roche, June 2014 (photo: Richard Solly) By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Julia Lagoutte We have just received news that many families from three of the communities displaced by Cerrejon Coal...
Samuel Arregoces from Colombia arrives at the BHP Billiton AGM (Photo: Christian McLaughlin) Report on the 22 October 2015 London AGM of BHP Billiton plc by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network As shareholders arrived at the BHP Billiton AGM, they were...
Two visitors from Colombia will be in the UK this month to attend the AGM of mining multinational BHP Billiton and speak at a public meeting in London on Thursday 22 October and to take part in the Divest Scotland tour. BHP Billiton part-owns the massive Cerrejon...
by Diana Salazar, Emma Banks and Doris Salazar Diana Salazar of LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign has just visited La Guajira, Colombia, as part of a delegation organised by US organisation Witness for Peace, to investigate the impacts of the Cerrejon coal...
Last month, London Mining Network and friends hosted two representatives of Colombian coal mine workers’ union Sintracarbon, who organise workers at the Cerrejón mine, owned by Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Glencore. Christine Haigh of LMN member group Global...