“A terrible tragedy… we are desperately sorry…” The BHP Billiton plc AGM 19 October 2017 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network This year, London Mining Network and our friends at Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Society of St Columban and War...
Colombia is currently experiencing a mining boom, especially in the extraction of coal, becoming the 9th largest exporter of steam coal in the world. However, despite having the support of the government, many of these mining operations have been accompanied by...
Photo: Foil Vedanta 14th August 2017 For reporting on the demonstration outside the Vedanta AGM, highlights of the AGM itself, and protests around the world, see Vedanta’s 2017 AGM again disrupted by protests (on the Foil Vedanta website). For a full account of...
In April, 2017, London Mining Network hosted visitors from Brazil for the AGM of Anglo American plc. They spoke about the impacts of Anglo American’s Minas Rio iron ore project. Here is a briefing about that project and the problems that it has caused. Briefing...
Report on the Antofagasta plc AGM, London, 24 May 2017 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network 1. This year, London Mining Network hosted a visit by Lucio Cuenca, Director of Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales, (OLCA, the Latin...
