Communities from Espinar in Peru live with toxic metals in their blood.
Glencore has its copper mining operations there. Credit: Ojo Público Over a decade ago, leaders from various Quechua communities in the area called for a thorough investigation which would allow them to identify the source of higher than recommended levels of...
Mongolian herders protest at Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine
Traditional herders from Khanbogd, Mongolia, held a demonstration at the gates of the Rio-Tinto controlled Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine on Tuesday 11 January, 2022. The herders are demanding that the International Finance Corporation (the private finance arm of the...
BHP AGM 2021 – the future is clear: we’re doomed
Report and personal reflection by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network 1. This year’s BHP plc AGM, held on 14 October at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster, central London, may have been the last ever: if shareholders vote at...