Demo raged in London at British coal company GCM

Demo raged in London at British coal company GCM

While several of us were inside the GCM Resources AGM last week raising concerns about the company’s planned Phulbari coal project in Bangladesh, many of our Bangladeshi friends and allies were outside in the cold making demonstrating. Here’s some of the...
When will GCM Resources be put out of its misery?

When will GCM Resources be put out of its misery?

Photo: Diamond Studios Report on the GCM Resources AGM, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1, Tuesday 9 December 2014 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network (GCM Resources has only one active project, the Phulbari coal project: this is a plan for an opencast...
LMN, BHP and UCL: the correspondence

LMN, BHP and UCL: the correspondence

Dirty Coal Tour speakers being prevented from reaching the UCL Provost’s office to hand in letters of concern about the relationship between the college and mining company BHP Billiton. Photo: Jo Syz. By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network During...
LMN, BHP and UCL

LMN, BHP and UCL

  Photo: Jo Syz There was a lively demo outside yesterday’s BHP Billiton AGM in London to support our friends from Colombia and Indonesia who attended the AGM to confront the company with the impacts of its operations in their countries. Photo: Jo Syz We...