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London Mining Network
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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.
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Coming up on Monday! Join us at UCL to hear Peruvian land defenders share their experience of human rights and environmental harms resulting from mining operations, including those carried out by UK-based companies.

Free to attend - register here: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/cart...
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Communities impacted by mining in Indonesia, Chile, South Africa, Peru and the North of Ireland condemn the UK's new #CriticalMineralsStrategy warning it will “fuel social and environmental injustices across global supply chains”.

Read their perspectives: londonminingnetwork.org/mining-affec...
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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LMN and @actsa-uk.bsky.social stand in solidarity with MACUA & partners in their demands for corporate accountability as Anglo American exits South Africa.

Watch the press conference: www.youtube.com/live/VMnTBAg...

Read our statement: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/macu...

#NoExitWithoutJustice
MACUA submit parliamentary petition calling for corporate accountability as Anglo American exits South Africa - London Mining Network
MACUA petition calls for reparations, binding obligations to Free Prior and Informed Consent, mine closure and rehabilitation.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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📣 Glencore fined millions for environmental pollution in Espinar, Peru. Contamination of water, soil, air, flora & fauna has been confirmed as resulting from the operations & tailings deposits of the Antapaccay mine:
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Glencore-Antapaccay, Espinar: international expert confirms validity of OEFA’s findings about mining contamination
<p>An independent review of the OEFA studies on the causes of surface and groundwater contamination in the vicinity of the Glencore-Antapaccay mine in Espinar, conducted by a scientist from the renown...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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"Behind its polished language lies a blueprint for expanded mining, weakened planning protections and a deeper entanglement between government, finance and the arms industry."

Hear what the UK Critical Minerals Strategy really means for mining affected communities:
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#No.24 UK Critical Minerals Strategy 2035: What It Means for Communities and the Environment
In this bonus episode, I dig into the UK’s newly published Critical Minerals Strategy 2035 — a document dressed up as environmental responsibility, yet rooted in the same extractive logic that has dri...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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📣 130+ groups tell EU to scrap its #greenhydrogen import plans that prioritise Europe's flawed energy agenda over the rights, needs, and futures of communities in the Global South.

Read more 🧵 1/5 👇

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Aerial shot of a hazy industrial looking cityscape. The text in bold reads: “NO TO GREEN HYDROGEN IMPORTS”, followed by “A statement from 130+ groups.”
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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After decades of protest by Serbian civil society, Rio Tinto has halted its lithium exploration project in the Jadar Valley.

LMN member @earththrive.bsky.social has cautiously welcomed this victory: friendsoftheearth.eu/news/lithium...

Hear Aleksandra's perspective: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxtA...
Jadar valley: United against the mine
YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe
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November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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"Our drinking water and our soil are making us sick"

With @misereor.bsky.social communities impacted by human rights violations & environmental pollution in Peru have lodged complaints against German metal company Aurubis for importing copper linked to serious harms:
www.misereor.de/en/presse/pr...
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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“The UK Critical Minerals Strategy is geared to increase demand for minerals and, consequently, renewed mining on the African continent. It will fuel social and environmental injustices across global supply chains.”

Eric Mokuoa from Bench Marks Foundation, South Africa
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This weekend, the UK Government published its new Critical Minerals Strategy.

Mining affected communities have spoken out against this strategy, saying it will fuel global injustices.

londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/uk-c...
UK Critical Minerals Strategy will fuel global injustices, say communities - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
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November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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This weekend, the UK Government published its new Critical Minerals Strategy.

Mining affected communities have spoken out against this strategy, saying it will fuel global injustices.

londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/uk-c...
UK Critical Minerals Strategy will fuel global injustices, say communities - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
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November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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📣 In a significant ruling, UK courts have found BHP legally responsible for the catastrophic collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais. This ruling comes the week after the 10th anniversary of Brazil’s worst environmental crime.

Read more:
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UK courts find BHP responsible for the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
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November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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1 in 5 minerals labelled “critical” by the UK aren’t essential for the green energy transition.

In this piece, Cleodie Rickard from @globaljusticenow.bsky.social unpacks the rhetoric around critical minerals and the harsh reality for mining affected communities 👇
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‘Clean energy is just one driver of mining’: Cleodie Rickard on critical minerals
For Cleodie Rickard, the policy and campaigns manager at Global Justice Now, the term “critical” minerals, commonly used to describe the metals vital for the green energy transition, can be misleading...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Why is the South African government quiet on Anglo's capital flight?

Chris Routledge from Mining Communities United in Action (MACUA) on Anglo American's leaving South Africa for Canada leaving impacts unresolved and questions unanswered
Christopher Rutledge unpacks Anglo exit: SA economy, Stilfontein, PIC, Mantashe, Cat Matlala, EMPD
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November 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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📷10 Years of Brazil's Worst Environmental Crime

Explore our virtual exhibition of photos by Rebeca Binda which shine a light on the devastation caused by the collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil and expose the lack of justice for this crime:
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Photo exhibition: 10 Years of Brazil’s Worst Environmental Crime - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
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November 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Horrifying to read that community activists could face six years in prison for protesting against the Antamina mine in Peru.

Antamina is joint owned by Glencore, BHP, Teck Resources and Mitsubishi.

Solidarity with communities resisting these dirty corporations✊
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Comuneros podrían terminar en la cárcel por denuncia de Antamina
Fiscalía solicita seis años de prisión efectiva para todos los denunciados.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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As Anglo American preps to leave South Africa, read ACTSA Director Tricia Sibbons on why civil society in South Africa such as MACUA and Tlou Mogabe Foundation are calling for Anglo to be accountable for its 100+ years of impact in South Africa
What’s With Corporate Amnesia in South Africa?
At the Joburg Indaba 2025, two senior Anglo American executives made public remarks that, taken together, reveal a disturbing narrative of corporate amnesia, deflection, and disregard for the social c...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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10 years ago today, Brazil suffered the worst environmental crime in its history.

On this poignant anniversary, we’re honoured to share an exhibition of photos by Rebeca Binda, taken in the wake of the devastating dam failure: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/phot...

Exhibition open until 8 Dec.
Photo exhibition: 10 Years of Brazil’s Worst Environmental Crime - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
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November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the tailings dam collapse which devastated communities along the Rio Doce basin in Brazil.

We explore the lasting impact of mining disasters and the ongoing struggle to get justice:
londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/ten-...

BHP your #ToxicLegacy persists
Ten years on from the catastrophic yet preventable failure of the Fundāo tailings dam in Brazil - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
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November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Occurring 49 years and 5,600 miles apart, the #ToxicLegacy of mining disasters in Aberfan & Mariana unites two communities in struggle.

In 2023, campaigners from @mab.org.br visited Aberfan in Wales to build solidarity between communities who've fought to hold mining companies to account.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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On 5 November 2015, the Fundão tailings dam collapsed.

19 people were killed as toxic mining waste flooded into Brazil's Rio Doce and devastated surrounding towns.

As we approach the 10-year anniversary, read this report on the impact of the disaster 👇
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The River is Dead (2017) - London Mining Network
The River is Dead is a report on the 2015 Mariana dam disaster. This tailings dam collapse killed 19 and lead to huge amounts of pollutuion.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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OUT NOW: our report with Environment Africa Zambia,
@ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and RAID about lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia

Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r

#JusticeForKabwe
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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OUT NOW: our report with Environment Africa Zambia, @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and RAID about lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia #JusticeForKabwe

Four mothers share their stories alongside the latest medical research and the evidence about whose responsibility it is to clean up: shorturl.at/uCH8r
October 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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actsa-uk.bsky.social
On Monday join us at LSE or online to hear about life in the world’s most polluted town - Kabwe Zambia - the origin and impact of the lead pollution, why it’s a corporate problem & the road to justice, eg the class-action

We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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🔍 Our new research with @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social
shines light on the dirtiest mining companies.

❌ Dispossessing people of their land
❌ Polluting land + rivers
❌ Causing deadly disasters
❌ Association w/ militarisation, conflict + human rights abuses

londonminingnetwork.org/2025/10/tran...
Exposed: Top 50 Mining Corporations Driving Global Injustice. New research from People & Planet and the London Mining Network reveals the world’s top mining companies driving social and environmental injustices around the world.
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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📣With the Corporate Justice Coalition, we're urging the UK Govt to prioritise human rights in UN treaty negotiations.

As discussions resume around a UN binding treaty, we call for meaningful engagement by the UK to protect people and the planet:
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UK civil society calls on the government to prioritise human...
Joint Statement on UK Engagement on a UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights   15 October, 2025: As the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) embarks on the 11th negotiation session for a legally bi...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM