Questioning BHP – 2021 AGM

Questioning BHP – 2021 AGM

Each year, London Mining Network takes the opportunity presented by the major mining companies’ Annual General Meetings to ask them the questions they don’t want to answer. While the executives are more than happy to talk about their profit margins and...
BHP: Stop the Greenwash

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...
BHP: a better, clearer future?

BHP: a better, clearer future?

The day before BHP plc’s London AGM, London Mining Network presented a briefing on BHP’s activities and their impacts on communities and climate across the globe. You can watch a video recording of the event here. About this event En Español debajo Join us...
Tabaco: 20 years since eviction and still no justice

Tabaco: 20 years since eviction and still no justice

Residents of Tabac standing in the ruins of their houses, October 2001 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network On 9 August 2001, the residents of the village of Tabaco in La Guajira, Colombia, were violently evicted from their land and their village was...
News from Cerrejón: Blockades and Lawsuits

News from Cerrejón: Blockades and Lawsuits

Mineworkers and Wayuú communities paralyze the operations of the Cerrejón mine in Colombia, while Anglo American files a lawsuit against Colombia Cerrejón, the largest opencast coal mine in Latin America, has had to cease its operations in the north-east of Colombia...