The Cerrejon coal mine in the province of La Guajira, Colombia, is owned by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP and Glencore. It has a history of conflict with local farming and indigenous communities. It also has a history of disputes with its workers....
The United Nations is being asked to call for the suspension of coal mining in the Provincial Reserve in la Guajira, Colombia, due to the COVID-19 emergency. Statement from Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective),...
On 17 June, José Silva, president of Nación Wayuu, an NGO defending the human rights of the Wayuu people in La Guajira, found a floral wreath at the entrance to his home with a threatening note saying, “Your funeral is approaching.” Nación Wayuu has been...
Anglo American is one of the world’s biggest, wealthiest mining companies. Its Annual General Meeting (AGM, or annual shareholders’ meeting) was on 5 May – but it was held with only two people present, because of the UK government’s...
Amadiba Crisis Committee members, Xolobeni, South Africa There has been a huge amount in the mining press recently about the impacts of COVID-19 on the mining industry. In some places, mines are being closed; in others, miners are being isolated on mine sites so that...
