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London Mining Network is an alliance of human rights, environmental, and solidarity organisations. We work to support communities around the world who are harmed by mining companies based in or financed through London. linktr.ee/londonminingnetwork

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Could you be our new Co-Chair? We're seeking a committed, justice-driven individual with experience in NGO or charity governance to lead our Board of Trustees. If you believe in environmental justice, human rights and corporate accountability, we'd love to hear from you! Find out more & apply 👇️
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
1 week to go til our Resisting Mining Book Club with Françoise Vergès! We'll be discussing "Making the World Clean", exploring the racial and gendered politics of wasting lands, bodies, and resources, and the politics of 'decolonial cleaning'. Join us: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/08/resi...
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism" with Françoise Vergès - London Mining Network
We welcome Françoise Vergès to discuss "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment and Racial Capitalism".
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Could you be our new Co-Chair? We're seeking a committed, justice-driven individual with experience in NGO or charity governance to lead our Board of Trustees. If you believe in environmental justice, human rights and corporate accountability, we'd love to hear from you! Find out more & apply 👇️
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
23 September: We're at the Manchester Museum for a very special Resisting Mining Book Club. We'll be welcoming Françoise Vergès to discuss "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism". Join us in person or online: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/08/resi...
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism" with Françoise Vergès - London Mining Network
We welcome Françoise Vergès to discuss "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment and Racial Capitalism".
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📣23 September: our next Resisting Mining Book Club! We're excited to be joined by Françoise Vergès for a hybrid event with Manchester Museum. We'll be discussing “Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism”. Join us: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/08/resi...
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism" with Françoise Vergès - London Mining Network
We welcome Françoise Vergès to discuss "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment and Racial Capitalism".
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
📣 Anglo American accused of 'tailings dam terrorism' in Brazil Last week communities peacefully blockaded a main road demanding accountability and redress for being terrorised by Anglo American's alert systems. Read their manifesto of demands: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/08/angl...
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Anglo American accused of Tailings Dam Terrorism in Brazil - London Mining Network
The term ‘Tailings Dam Terrorism’ refers to mining companies using their alert systems to instil fear among local populations.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨Public funding is being poured into a wartime mine to fuel a global arms race🚨 The UK Government has announced a £71 million investment in the Hemerdon tungsten mine. Demand for tungsten is overwhelmingly driven by the arms and aerospace industries. londonminingnetwork.org/2026/08/uk-g...
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UK Government criticised for backing ‘wartime’ tungsten mine in Devon - London Mining Network
The Government has invested £71m in the Hemerdon tungsten mine, a project which will fuel the global arms race.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📣23 September: our next Resisting Mining Book Club! We're excited to be joined by Françoise Vergès for a hybrid event with Manchester Museum. We'll be discussing “Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism”. Join us: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/08/resi...
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism" with Françoise Vergès - London Mining Network
We welcome Françoise Vergès to discuss "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment and Racial Capitalism".
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The hearing to decide the future of Los Bronces Integrado copper mine in the Chilean Andes has been postponed. We await an update of the rescheduled date. The environmental approval of Anglo American's existential threat to Chile's glaciers must be overturned!
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
On 13 August, Chile's Second Environmental Court will rule on one of the country’s most significant environmental cases: the claims seeking to overturn the environmental approval of Anglo American’s Los Bronces Integrado copper mine located in the Andes.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We stand in solidarity with #Los11DeJericó and communities resisting AngloGold Ashanti's gold and copper mining in Colombia. Defending water is not a crime. #EstoyConLos11DeJericó #FueraAngloGold es.mongabay.com/2025/07/jeri...
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Defensa del territorio a juicio: la lucha de 11 campesinos en Colombia contra la minería escala el conflicto en Jericó
11 defensores del territorio y campesinos de Jericó, Colombia, enfrentan un proceso judicial por oponerse al proyecto de minería Quebradona.
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Yes To Life No To Mining @ylnm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
No community should have to wait for poisoned water, destroyed livelihoods or broken social ties before its refusal is taken seriously ☣️ 📣 The right to say no to mining is not something communities earn after proving that a project will cause enough harm. 🧵👇
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Glencore & Yancoal are seeking to expand their coal mine in New South Wales. If approved HVO is projected to cause 800m tonnes of additional greenhouse gas emissions. Today is the last chance to say no to HVO. Join @risingtideaus.bsky.social in doing so here👇 form.123formbuilder.com/6962616/hvo-...
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Tomorrow! Join us online for our Resisting Mining Book Club with Nicholas Beuret. We'll be diving into “Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition” - an incisive critique on the fight for a sustainable and equitable future. Register:
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" with Nicholas Beuret - London Mining Network
We welcome Nicholas Beuret to the Resisting Mining Book Club as we discuss Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Next week! Join us as we welcome Nicholas Beuret to the Resisting Mining Book Club to discuss "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition". Tues 28 July - 6-8pm - online 📚️ Register here:
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" with Nicholas Beuret - London Mining Network
We welcome Nicholas Beuret to the Resisting Mining Book Club as we discuss Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition.
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Oakland Institute @oaklandinstitute.org · 16/07/2026
Who benefits from the global mineral rush? Not the communities whose lands are being decimated by new mines. RUSH reveals how governments, billionaires & corporations are racing to secure strategic minerals while local people bear the costs. @mittaloak.bsky.social
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
📣 New date for our book club confirmed! Hope you can join us on Tuesday 28 July, 6-8pm to discuss “Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition” with author @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social. If you haven’t already, sign up here: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/06/resi...
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" with Nicholas Beuret - London Mining Network
We welcome Nicholas Beuret to the Resisting Mining Book Club as we discuss Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Excited to be delivering a workshop on challenging the critical mineral rush at @peopleandplanet.bsky.social's student activist gathering this weekend. Find out more about Power Shift here: peopleandplanet.org/about/power-...
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Power Shift | People & Planet
Join us for People & Planet's biggest national student activist event of the year!
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RAID @raid-uk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
What is the true environmental cost of the energy transition? 📢 Join RAID, @source-int.bsky.social and AFREWATCH for an online webinar (16 July at 3pm) exploring latest scientific evidence on pollution linked to industrial cobalt mining in the DRC. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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RAID @raid-uk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🚨 “We are being killed slowly.” Today we publish independent scientific studies with @source-int.bsky.social & Afrewatch exposing air pollution, water and soil contamination, linked to industrial copper-cobalt mining in DRC – with serious implications for public health. raid-uk.org/news-drc-cob...
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A deadly chemical trail: New scientific evidence reveals industrial-scale pollution at DRC's copper-cobalt mines
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Nicholas Beuret @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I'm on the @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social book club on 15 July talking about my climate transition book Or Something Worse. Free to register and attend (online)! tinyurl.com/yc495kxc
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" with Nicholas Beuret - London Mining Network
We welcome Nicholas Beuret to the Resisting Mining Book Club as we discuss Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📚 15 July: Join us for our Resisting Mining Book Club with Nicholas Beuret! We'll discuss “Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition” - an empowering critique on the fight for a truly sustainable and equitable future. Register here: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/06/resi...
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" with Nicholas Beuret - London Mining Network
We welcome Nicholas Beuret to the Resisting Mining Book Club as we discuss Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition.
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BankTrack @banktrack.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Banco Santander gave a $100 million loan to the owner of the Ariana mining project, and they have the leverage to stop it. 1️⃣ Sign the petition 2️⃣ Read our #DodgyDeal profile to learn more about the project and its risks www.banktrack.org/project/aria...
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Ariana copper and zinc mine
BankTrack is the international tracking, campaigning and NGO support organisation focused on banks and the activities they finance.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A copper and zinc mining project planned for the central highlands of Peru is a disaster in the making for Lima, already under extreme water stress. The project has received financing from Santander bank. Sign the petition to urge Santander to stop the project: action.eko.org/a/santander-...
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Business and Human Rights Centre @business-humanrights.org · 24/06/2026
Our Transition Minerals Tracker shows that the minerals powering our clean energy future are being extracted at a growing human cost – and Indigenous communities, workers, environmental defenders and women paying the heaviest price. Explore here ▶️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This afternoon! Join us and @brazilmatters.bsky.social for a panel discussion and photo exhibition on mining, justice and community struggle in Brazil: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/territorie...
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Territories of Extraction: Critical Minerals & Community Struggle in Brazil
Who pays for the energy transition? A panel and two photo exhibitions on mining, justice and community struggle in Brazil.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Methodist churches are set to file a complaint over HSBC’s financing of Glencore's Cerrejón coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. The churches allege that the lender’s financing of the mining company is contributing to environmental harms. www.thebanker.com/content/6672...
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Methodist churches to file complaint over HSBC’s Glencore financing
Churches allege lender’s financing of the mining company is contributing to environmental harms
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
#GlencoreKills global day of action in London. As Glencore’s shareholders met in Switzerland to celebrate a $2 billion payout, we stood in solidarity with mining affected communities around the world who pay the true costs of these profits. From Colombia to the DRC - Glencore off our lands!
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Tomorrow - join the global resistance to Glencore. ⏰ 11am 📍 18 Hanover Sq, London W1S 1JY As protests take place around the world, stand in solidarity with communities affected by Glencore and amplify their demands. Find out more: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/05/glen... #GlencoreKills
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Trade Justice Movement @tradejusticemov.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
📢 Today we launch a new report: A pathway to just trade. Critical minerals are essential to the energy transition. But the UK must secure them without repeating the extractive harms of the past. Endorsed by 28 organisations. Read more: tjm.org.uk/uk-must-avoi...
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UK must avoid repeating past extractive harms in race for critical minerals, report warns - Trade Justice Movement
Critical minerals are central to the UK’s energy transition, industrial strategy and economic security. The UK government intends to secure increased access to minerals through new trade agreements. T...
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
At our event on Saturday, communities shared devastating testimonies of the impact of Glencore's operations around the world, from mining pollution and lost livelihoods, to life-threatening illness and genocide. If you missed it you can watch the recording here: vimeo.com/1194016072 #GlencoreKills
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Global resistance to Glencore: Solidarity meeting with affected communities
English, French, Spanish and Portuguese interpretation available in audio settings / Interprétation en anglais, français, espagnol et portugais disponible dans les paramètres audio / Interpretación en...
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tomorrow! Join the global resistance to Glencore at our multilingual online solidarity event with affected communities. Activists from DRC, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, South Africa & Brazil will speak about their struggles and share their calls to action. Register: actionnetwork.org/events/globa...
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Amazing piece on the Colombian campaign to end Glencore's coal exports to Israel, driven by the Sintracarbón trade union 👇 jewishcurrents.org/the-making-o... Hear more about & support the global embargo movement at our event on Saturday: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/05/join... #GlencoreKills
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The Making of a Coal Boycott
Inside the campaign to break the toxic relationship between Colombian mining and Israeli militarism
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Great to see this in depth piece @ojopublico.bsky.social on the Quellaveco case. Anglo American's copper mine in Moquegua is damaging the environment in an area of severe water scarcity 👇 ojo-publico.com/6301/copper-... Find out more in our report: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/05/angl...
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Germany is driving its energy transition with Peruvian copper, which has been linked to 189 environmental violations
Germany has chosen Peru as a strategic partner for its energy transition, while copper exporters accumulate environmental violations.
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Make taxes mandatory again. The full Glencore story from @taxwatch.bsky.social: www.taxwatchuk.org/private-just... Link to join our mailing list: taxjustice.uk/join-the-tax...
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Today a major new publication launches in Peru exploring the impact of Anglo American's Quellaveco mine on the environment & communities in Moquegua. While minerals & profits are exported, Moquegua suffers from extractivism & resulting pollution. Read more: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/05/angl...
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Anglo American in Peru: Extractivism, effects and corporate networks - London Mining Network
Anglo American in Peru presents an analysis of the socio-environmental problems related to the Quellaveco mining project in Moquegua.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Great investigation from @taxwatch.bsky.social spotlighting Glencore's tax avoidance. As well as hoarding oil profits, Glencore's mining operations are harming communities & destroying ecosystems worldwide. Join our solidarity call with affected communities: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/05/join...
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Join the global resistance to Glencore: solidarity meeting with affected communities - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Tonight! Join us to discuss "Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya" with Bitopi Dutta. 📆 Weds 13 May ⏰ 6-8pm 📍 Online via Zoom You don't need to have read the book to take part in this event. Register here: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/03/resi...
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Resisting Mining Book Club: "Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya: Gendered Transitions" with Bitopi Dutta - London Mining Network
We welcome Bitopi Dutta to the Resisting Mining Book Club as we discuss Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya: Gendered Transitions
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Sat 16 May: Join our solidarity call with communities affected by Glencore ⏰ 4-6pm BST 📍 Online Ahead of Glencore’s AGM, activists from DRC, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, South Africa & Brazil will share their struggles and calls to action. Register here: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/05/join...
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Join the global resistance to Glencore: solidarity meeting with affected communities - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) @actsa-uk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Protests in London & Zambia on day of mining giant Anglo American's AGM People gathered to call out the London-based company for its toxic legacy in Kabwe, Zambia, where 95% of children have elevated blood lead levels, while it was challenged at the AGM Anglo, clean up your mess! #JusticeForKabwe
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Sat 16 May: Join our solidarity call with communities affected by Glencore ⏰ 4-6pm BST 📍 Online Ahead of Glencore’s AGM, activists from DRC, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, South Africa & Brazil will share their struggles and calls to action. Register here: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/05/join...
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Join the global resistance to Glencore: solidarity meeting with affected communities - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
BHP has lost the right to appeal the High Court’s ruling that it is legally responsible for the tailings dam collapse in Mariana, Brazil in 2015. Justice must now be delivered to the thousands of people affected by this catastrophic and avoidable disaster. pogustgoodhead.com/court-of-app...
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Court of Appeal shuts down BHP's attempt to overturn Mariana liability judgment
Court of Appeal shuts down BHP's attempt to overturn Mariana liability judgment
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Our next book club is coming up soon! 📚 Join us and Bitopi Dutta to discuss her book "Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya". 📆 Weds 13 May ⏰ 6-8pm 📍 Online via Zoom You don't need to have read the book to participate :) Register here: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/03/resi...
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Help us hold #RioTinto to account by reading about the realities on the ground in Mongolia, Madagascar, Serbia and Arizona, and writing to them to amplify communities' concerns. Find a template letter to send a message to Rio Tinto execs here (takes 2 mins!) londonminingnetwork.org/2026/05/comm...
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Communities, human rights advocates and activists are blue in the face demanding meaningful responses from Rio Tinto - London Mining Network
Ahead of Rio Tinto’s AGM, communities under threat from its mining operations in Mongolia, Madagascar, Serbia and Arizona raise their voices.
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Communities from Serbia, Mongolia, Madagascar, Arizona & Chile demanded meaningful responses from #RioTinto at their AGM today - on water pollution, abandoned environmental commitments, catastrophic plans & more. 🧵 In this thread we share key issues raised 👇 #RioTintoAGM @earththrive.bsky.social
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Right now, shareholders are gathering at the #RioTintoAGM to celebrate the profits they've made. But they cannot ignore the impact of their mining operations - issues we've raised until we're #BlueInTheFace Support our call to action and write to Rio Tinto: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/05/comm...
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We’re #BlueInTheFace demanding meaningful responses from Rio Tinto. At the #RioTintoAGM tomorrow, communities under threat from its mining operations in Mongolia, Serbia, Madagascar & Arizona will once again raise their concerns & demand responses on these issues 👇
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Trade Justice Movement @tradejusticemov.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Who shapes the UK’s critical minerals strategy and who bears the cost? A new report shows devolved priorities are being sidelined, despite real risks to people and nature. With @foescot.bsky.social @friends-earth.bsky.social @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and Common Weal tjm.org.uk/resource/ali...
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Aligning UK critical mineral policies with the human rights and environmental priorities of devolved nations - Trade Justice Movement
This report examines how the UK government’s strategic approach to critical minerals has largely been shaped at the central level, often overlooking the priorities of devolved nations in Northern Irel...
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We're delighted that Indigenous community leader Theonila Roka Matbob has been awarded the 2026 Goldman Prize for her efforts to secure justice and a clean-up from Rio Tinto for the devastation caused by its Panguna mine. Sign this petition to support the campaign: www.hrlc.org.au/projects/jus...
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Justice for Panguna - Human Rights Law Centre
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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
📣 This week we confronted Anglo American about their obligation to build the Asana dam in Moquegua, Peru. Despite 14 years of failing to do so, the board said they would fulfil this commitment. ✍️ Communities need your support to hold them to account: londonminingnetwork.org/2026/04/angl...
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Action alert: Anglo American’s Quellaveco copper mine has not fulfilled Agreement 11 with the population of Moquegua - London Mining Network
Act today in solidarity with the people of Moquegua by calling on Anglo American and Mitsubishi Corporation to construct the Asana Dam!
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