Life on Mars – a report on the Vedanta AGM, London, 3 August 2015
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network This year’s Vedanta AGM was preceded, as usual, by a vibrant and noisy demonstration organised by our friends at Foil Vedanta – one of a series of demonstrations against the company organised also in India...
Protests and lawsuits dominate Antofagasta AGM
Report on the AGM of Antofagasta plc, London, Wednesday 20 May 2015 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network Antofagasta plc is clearly rattled by the protests and legal challenges around its Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile, because company Chairman...
Take action: Stop the river diversion at the Cerrejón mine in Colombia
Mine workers from the Sintracarbon union at the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia were in Britain last month for the Anglo American AGM, the Scottish Trade Union Congress meeting and meetings of IndustriALL global mine workers’ union. Sintracarbon is supporting...