Campaigners urge Rio Tinto to respect Community and Nature Rights

Campaigners urge Rio Tinto to respect Community and Nature Rights

Key points: Campaigners are coming together in London echoing community demands that Rio Tinto’s shareholders put pressure on addressing a series of long-standing issues concerning lack of transparency and accountability regarding social and environmental impacts. The...
Investor alert: MIND THE GAP! Rio Tinto versus Reality

Investor alert: MIND THE GAP! Rio Tinto versus Reality

For too long Rio Tinto has made claims about its social and environmental performance, and published glossy reports that do not reflect the reality for communities living on the ground around their mines. Investors need to “Mind the Gap” between what Rio...
What Rio Tinto isn’t saying

What Rio Tinto isn’t saying

As the Anglo-Australian mining giant celebrates 150 years of operation, we take the opportunity to present some of the information the company would rather not share. From the fatal flaws in its plans for Resolution Copper to the gagging clauses used in Madagascar,...
BHP AGM 2021 – the future is clear: we’re doomed

BHP AGM 2021 – the future is clear: we’re doomed

Report and personal reflection by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network 1. This year’s BHP plc AGM, held on 14 October at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster, central London, may have been the last ever: if shareholders vote at...
Questioning BHP – 2021 AGM

Questioning BHP – 2021 AGM

Each year, London Mining Network takes the opportunity presented by the major mining companies’ Annual General Meetings to ask them the questions they don’t want to answer. While the executives are more than happy to talk about their profit margins and...