Glencore: showing improvement in self-presentation

Glencore: showing improvement in self-presentation

Now reality needs to catch up Report on the Glencore plc AGM held (appropriately) at the Casino Theatre, Zug, Switzerland, Wednesday 29 May 2024 Outside the Casino Theatre, a vibrant protest was held against Glencore’s multiple negative impacts, particularly that of...
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...
Remembrance, resistance and legal proceedings

Remembrance, resistance and legal proceedings

Dear friends, Monday 25 January was the second anniversary of the catastrophic tailings dam collapse at Vale’s iron ore mine at Brumadinho in Brazil. Vale is a Brazilian mining company with significant UK investment. We worked with our friends in Brazil to mark...
Glencore's Casino Trial: A Tragi-comic affair

Glencore's Casino Trial: A Tragi-comic affair

By Andy Whitmore, London Mining Network Glencore held its Annual General Meeting in the Theater-Casino in the sleepy Swiss lake-side town of Zug on 2 May. I have been to many major mining company AGMs over the years in London, but this was my first foray to a Swiss...