Rio Tinto: still saving the world
Report on the Rio Tinto plc AGM, London, 8 April 2022 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Andy Whitmore, Richard Harkinson, Roger Featherstone and Yvonne Orengo Introduction Despite the unpleasantness of mining company AGMs, it...
Delegation of communities affected by mining in Brazil meet with solidarity organisations in London
Richard Solly, Javiera Martínez, Mónica do Santos, Ella Barnes, Anaís Berlim, Alí Rocha, Marina Oliveira, Leticia Aleixo During the week before Easter, London Mining Network met with representatives of communities affected by the Samarco and Brumadinho disasters...
Mining multinationals: assassinations, toxic waste and lost livelihoods. The struggle continues!
Dear friends, I am afraid that the news in this mailout is dominated by killings. The war in Ukraine is not the only military conflict which is brutally ending the lives of thousands of people – there are, regrettably, a number of such conflicts – but this...