In June 2020, LMN supported a report by US-based organisation Earthworks and MiningWatch Canada, Safety First – Guidelines for Responsible Mine Tailings Management. This was a response to industry recommendations about mine tailings management. The process by...
Fr Stan Swamy SJ RIP 8 July 2021 Dear friends, We have just launched the English version of a book and video primarily for children, Droplet and Wagtail’s Tailings Tale, about the effects of mining waste on ecosystems. This is our translation of excellent work...
Blog by LMN Volunteer Ella Hopkins Fundão dam at the Samarco mine in 2013 BHP has resumed its operations at the Samarco mine, five years after the 2015 Fundão dam disaster which killed 20 people, destroyed 3 villages and polluted over 600km of rivers with toxic mine...
The original Brazilian Portuguese article by MAB is here. This English translation is by Gabriela Sarmet. With the support of ANAB, CASEC, PSOL and PT, action claims full hearing and reparation of damages in the Paraopeba River basin by ANAB, CASEC, MAB, MAM, PSOL, PT...
“They Profit, They Kill, They Flee” – Flávio Duarte. Commissioned by London Mining Network. 25 January 2021 marks the second anniversary of the collapse of the tailings dam at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Brazil. In rememberace of the...