Statement from London Mining Network member group Earth Thrive. The original statement is in Serbian. In September 2021, a Complaint was filed with the International Convention for the Protection of Flora and Fauna against the proposed ‘Jadar’ lithium mine. The...
Friends in Australia tackled Rio Tinto’s board on numerous issues at the company’s 5 May AGM, building on the interactions at the London AGM on 8 April. The company’s responses were similarly unimpressive. Notes were taken of the Question and Answer...
Serbian children have joined the call to say no to Rio Tinto’s planned Jadar Copper project. Organised by the Nimbus organisation in Loznica (near Jadar) and financed by the ORCA Academy, a children’s drawing competition asked the question – would...
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...
Last year, we put out a call to stand in solidarity with our friends in Serbia resisting the construction of Rio Tinto’s planned Lithium mine. Hundreds of you responded, calling on the company to walk away and pull out of the plans that would see forests...