Cerrejon Coal: the Marcha de Mantas Rojas

Cerrejon Coal: the Marcha de Mantas Rojas

Last week, LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign organised a vigil outside the Colombian Embassy in London in support of our friends in La Guajira, Colombia, who are struggling to stop Cerrejon Coal (owned by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP...
Cerrejon Coal: a struggle between a tethered donkey and a tiger

Cerrejon Coal: a struggle between a tethered donkey and a tiger

For the last sixteen years, I have been working in support of communities in the province of La Guajira, Colombia, being displaced by the massive Cerrejon opencast coal mine. The mine is owned by London-listed companies Anglo American,  BHP Billiton  and Glencore....
Colombia: a choice between mining and food?

Colombia: a choice between mining and food?

The Cerrejón coal mine By Richard Solly, London Mining Network Co-ordinator Last month, I represented LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign on a delegation organised by US organisation Witness for Peace to La Guajira in northern Colombia. We went to visit...
International campaigners object to Highthorn mine

International campaigners object to Highthorn mine

By Coal Action N etwork Three foreign human rights and environmental campaigners have come together to reject the application by Banks Group to mine at Highthorn, Northumberland. The local campaign, Save Druridge, have been doing brilliant work in raising fighting...