LMN statement for 5th anniversary of the Samarco disaster

LMN statement for 5th anniversary of the Samarco disaster

London Mining Network (LMN) Solidarity Statement London Mining Network (LMN) has drafted this declaration to express solidarity with the populations affected by the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This 5 November marks the fifth...
Colombia: legal intervention to protect Arroyo Bruno

Colombia: legal intervention to protect Arroyo Bruno

The dried up bed of the Arroyo Bruno below the diversion, July 2019 Legal Clinic research to protect the rights of a river Indigenous communities threatened by climate change in Colombia had successfully argued in court that a British owned coal mining company should...
Critique of Anglo American’s AGM responses to questions on Peru

Critique of Anglo American’s AGM responses to questions on Peru

The Asana River: Photo from EJAtlas Mining multinational Anglo American held its AGM behind closed doors on 5 May. Many questions were submitted to the company, and it published its responses promtply after the AGM. Many of those responses left a great deal to be...
UN asked to suspend Cerrejon coal mining in Colombia

UN asked to suspend Cerrejon coal mining in Colombia

The United Nations is being asked to call for the suspension of coal mining in the Provincial Reserve in la Guajira, Colombia, due to the COVID-19 emergency. Statement from Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective),...