Last month, LMN got together with friends at Rights and Accountability in Development, MiningWatch Canada and CORE to produce a briefing for investors and equity analysts. The subject was human rights at African Barrick Gold’s North Mara mine in Tanzania. There...
By Jacob Stringer Have you ever wondered what happens when a big multinational mining company turns up in your small Colombian town with the intention of building a gold mine? A new report produced by a UK-based campaigning group records the experience of local people...
Take action: participate in Amnesty’s letter-writing campaign. Máxima Acuña and her family, who are subsistence farmers, are in a dispute with mining company Yanacocha over the ownership of the plot of land where they live in Tragadero Grande, Sorochuco...
This is a really touching animated presentation, with accompanying text, about gold mining at Rosia Montana in Romania and the struggle against Canadian company Gabriel Resources (whose Romanian subsidiary has offices in London) and an appeal for funds to fight the...
Stop using gold and other metals from irresponsible and large scale open pit mining operations, such as Rio Tinto for the symbols of the Olympic Games: the medals. Sign the petition at...