Open letter to the President of Cerrejón Coal and the Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Glencore 7 June 2016 Roberto Junguito, President, Cerrejón Coal Sir John Parker, Chairman, Anglo American Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive,...
Since the Antofagasta AGM in London on 18 May the dangers posed by its El Mauro tailings dam have been covered on Russia Today TV’s Going Underground programme, along with London Mining Network’s views on what the UK Government needs to do to pressure...
by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network One of Antofagasta’s main claims to fame is the enormous El Mauro tailings dam above the small town of Caimanes in northern Chile, a town of some 1600 people (or 2000 if you include the mining company’s...
Antofagasta Minerals is a mining giant that runs the Pelambres open-cast copper mine in Chile. For almost a decade, the community of Caimanes in northern Chile have argued that the company has deprived them of a vital resource and fundamental human right: water....
BHP Billiton and its Brazilian multinational partner Vale have been hit with a $44 billion lawsuit over the deadly dam burst last November. Brazilian prosecutors have filed a civil lawsuit for 155 billion reais (just over $44 billion) against the companies. Experts...
