London Mining Network has joined the Legal and Human Rights Centre, RAID, CORE and MiningWatch Canada in signing an open letter to the board of Acacia Mining, calling for an improvement in the company’s human rights record in Tanzania. Informal miners working on...
Report on the Rio Tinto plc AGM, London, 11 April 2018 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network A recording of the whole AGM is available at https://edge.media-server.com/m6/p/q6qsz3ho (registration is necessary). An analysis of the company’s...
The Grasberg copper-gold mine in West Papua By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network The most shocking words spoken at this morning’s Rio Tinto AGM were these: “I am not sure I can answer that question.” Maybe they don’t sound so shocking out...
Monday 26 March, 7.00pm-10.00pm Join inspiring visitors from Colombia to celebrate the courage and creativity of Cajamarca – the Colombian municipality that stopped a mega mine and is pioneering alternatives to extractivism- with a night of storytelling, music...
A new petition has been created to support the community of Mina la India, Nicaragua, who are opposing a gold mining project by UK-registered Condor Gold. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is part of the World Bank Group, is the second biggest...
