London Mining Network, UK Mineral Policy Institute, Australia MEDIA RELEASE 16 November 2016 One year on, BHP Billiton held to account for the Samarco tailings dam disaster BHP Billiton’s AGM | Thursday 17th November at 11 am | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition...
By Richard Solly, LMN Co-ordinator, with assistance from Andrew Hickman, Andy Whitmore, Paul Robson and Richard Harkinson This year’s BHP Billiton plc AGM was held on Thursday 20 October at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. Outside, a vibrant protest...
There was a great deal of media coverage of this year’s BHP Billiton AGM in London, including plenty of quotes from LMN’s visitors from Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia. In advance of the AGM, the New Internationalist published Life in the shadow of the...
Our friends at IndustriALL Global Union sent a protest letter which was read out at the demonstration outside the company’s AGM in London on 20 October 2016. As the new General Secretary of IndustriALL Global Union, which represents more than 50 million workers...
An official report into the Samarco Tailings Dam failure in Brazil has now been released. This is a full and comprehensive investigation that needs detailed explanation, undertaken by a highly credible panel. Samarco is jointly owned by BHP Billiton (jointly listed in...
