On 3 February 2025, ahead of the mining indaba mining conference kick off in South Africa, ACTSA published in full Anglo American’s reply to our open letter of 31 October 2024 and the response by ACTSA, London Mining Network, and RAID. Kabwe, in Zambia, was for 49...
An open letter is handed in to Anglo American by a representative from Kabwe, Zambia, demanding remediation for mass lead poisoning. London, 31 October 2024. Photo credit: Jess Hurd. “We demand that Anglo American properly address the environmental devastation they’ve...
A South African court has stopped a historic class action of 140,000 women and children from proceeding after the Zambian community came forward to seek redress for decades of lead contamination. “This decision compounds a historic wrong, not yet remedied. Thousands...
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, with assistance from Ana Reyes-Hurt, Andrew Hickman, Carlos Mitraud, Diana Salazar, Gabriela Sarmet, Javiera Martinez, Leah Sullivan, Paul Robson, Peter Frankental, Sebastian Ordonez and others, and particularly...
Press release 23 February 2021 Photo: Lawrence Thompson Rights groups write to 10 leading ESG investment firms urging them to intervene “Anglo American’s failure to act on the toxic legacy at Kabwe stands in sharp contrast to the company’s public human...
