by Richard | Dec 22, 2020 | Monthly bulletin
Dear friends, We at London Mining Network send you good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. May 2021 be considerably better than 2020! The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Co-Convenors of the Global Tailings...
by Richard | Nov 17, 2020 | News
By London Mining Network researcher Paul Robson A Barmecide Feast is a pretend or illusory act of generosity; and the beneficiary is supposed to be grateful for the fake generosity. It comes from a story in The Arabian Nights in which a prince invites a poor, starving...
by Richard | Nov 10, 2020 | News
This is a translation of an article which appeared in Estado de Minas Gerais on 9 November 2020 The judgement in this case can be read here. LMN is dismayed by this further barrier to justice for the huge number of people affected by the Samarco disaster, a disaster...
by Richard | Sep 17, 2020 | News
Anglo American has withdrawn its lawsuit against the organisations Nucleus of Assistance to Communities Affected by Dams (NACAB) and the Israel Pinheiro Foundation (FIP) and against the Minas Gerais State Secretariat (SEMAD). The judge has quashed the lawsuit. The...
by Richard | Sep 2, 2020 | News
Last week, communities affected by Anglo American’s Minas Rio iron ore mine blocked roads in protest against the company’s withdrawal of funding of independent technical advice. Anglo American was obliged to establish an Independent Technical Advisory team...
