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London Mining Network works in support of communities around the world who are badly affected by mining – mining by companies based in, or financed from, London.
London Mining Network
1w ago
With immense sadness we learnt of the premature death, on Saturday 27 April 2024, of our beloved friend and colleague Samuel Arregoces, from the community of Tabaco in La Guajira, Colombia. Samuel was buried on Sunday 28 April. We thank our Colombian colleagues from human rights organisation CINEP and others for assisting Samuel in his final days and making the effort to take him back to his beloved La Guajira before he died. Although he passed away before they reached it, he was buried in his home territory, in accordance with his wishes. We send our deepest sympathy to his family and all hi ..read more
London Mining Network
2w ago
In January 2024, El Melon’s trade association of farmers and livestock farmers sent this public letter to Anglo American about conflicts over common land near the company’s El Soldado copper mine in Chile.
The company has responded with this letter:
Board of Directors
Asociación Gremial de Agricultores y Ganaderos de El Melon (AGAGEM)
Chile
20 March 2024
Re. Letter of 25 January 2024 sent to London Mining Network.
Dear Board of Directors,
Thank you for contacting us and raising your concerns through the London Mining Network.
For Anglo American, operating responsibly and in accordance w ..read more
London Mining Network
2w ago
Join us to learn from the Kayapo and Munduruku Indigenous peoples alongside community leaders from the regions of the Trombetas and Xingu Rivers in the Brazilian Amazon, who are affected by gold and bauxite extraction in their lands. We will interrogate issues of contested corporate mining, illegal gold extraction and trade between the UK and Brazil and waste hazards by tailing dams.
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Timetable:
9.00 Tea and coffee and registration
9.30 Welcome and introductions
Diana Salazar, London Mining Network, University College London; Brian Garvey, University of
Strathclyde
Session one ..read more
London Mining Network
3w ago
We are pleased to announce that Luis Acevedo, the President of the Trade Association of Farmers and Livestock Farmers from El Melon in Chile, is visiting London to present the Association’s demands for the impacts caused by Anglo American in their territories. His visit provides an opportunity for us to listen, discuss, advocate, and mobilise in support of people affected by Anglo American mining projects in Latin America and around the world. We encourage you to stand in solidarity with Luis during his visit to London. The London Mining Network, the Peru Support Group, and other UK-based org ..read more
London Mining Network
3w ago
New research shows that four in five adults in the UK support new laws requiring companies to prevent serious environmental harm and human rights abuses in their operations or supply chains.
The survey of 2,124 UK adults by the polling company YouGov, released today (17 April) by the Corporate Justice Coalition and Friends of the Earth, comes as politicians prepare to debate a proposal for the UK’s first environmental and human rights due diligence law, and as more than 150 investors and businesses back a statement calling for such a law.
Environmental harm and human rights abuses are rife in ..read more
London Mining Network
1M ago
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23 million people globally suffer from the impacts of existing contamination of soil and water as a result of mine tailings and mine wastewater.
Campaigners and communities from six countries are coming together in London to pressure Rio Tinto to take action on water issues at its 2024 AGM.
Case studies show issues with water access, pollution and overuse as well as tailings dam safety and community relations at Rio Tinto mines across the globe.
Rio Tinto’s AGM will be held in London on 4 April 2024.
Press Release:
While Rio Tinto prepares to announce huge profits at ..read more
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London Mining Network
2M ago
The following is a translation of a statement made by the International Mission to #StopISDS. See the original statement in Spanish on CAJAR’s website here. This translation was first posted by MiningWatch Canada.
“Foreign investors use the dispute settlement process to seek exorbitant compensation from States that strengthen environmental protection, with the fossil fuel and mining industries already winning over $100 billion in awards. These cases create regulatory chill.” – David Boyd
On February 28, 2024, the Government of Colombia was given notice that a decision had been reached at the ..read more
London Mining Network
2M ago
On 1 March 2024, the International Resource Panel (IRP) launched an update of its 2019 Global Resources Outlook (GRO) report. The report covers the increasing demands for metals and minerals, which will of course mean more mining. Here is LMN’s statement on the report:
LMN statement on IRP GRO 2024 – final.docx
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London Mining Network
2M ago
In recent years, two mining tailings dams broke in the state of Minas Gerais, causing Brazil’s worst ever socio-environmental disasters. Hundreds were killed, millions were affected. Communities were displaced and two main rivers became mud, flooding the Atlantic Ocean with rejeito or tailings – the waste material of the mining process; toxic mud that is stored in massive dams over years.
Both dams that collapsed were operated by transnational mining giant Vale and certified safe by the state, which is home to another 354 highly precarious dams. Further dam collapses threaten millions in Braz ..read more