Members of communities affected by Anglo American’s Minas Rio iron ore operations in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, blocked roads earlier this week in protest against the company’s withdrawal of funding for independent technical advice. Communities...
Report on the Anglo American AGM 8 May 2018 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network With assistance from Ana Bolena Chamie, Andy Whitmore, Benjamin Hitchcock, Paul Robson, Seb Ordonez and Sunit Bagree. Introduction 1. This was the first AGM presided over...
On the eve of Anglo American’s 2018 AGM on 8 May, threats continue against critics of its Minas Rio iron ore mine in Brazil. At last year’s AGM representatives of the Churches and Mining Network from Brazil revealed that threats had been made against the...
A pipeline in Brazil carrying iron ore more than 500 kms from Minas Gerias State to a terminal on the Atlantic Ocean burst twice during March 2018 in the District of Santo Antônio do Grama, leading to the suspension of the use of the pipeline for at least three...
On 12 March, London-based Anglo American halted iron ore production at its mine in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state after a mineral duct used to transport the product to an export terminal broke down. The impacts of the pipeline rupture were serious. This is the kind...
