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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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“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
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
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
📣 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
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 👇
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/when...
‘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...
news.mongabay.com
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
YouTube video by SMWX
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November 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📷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
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November 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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
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
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:
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BHP your #ToxicLegacy persists
Ten years on from the catastrophic yet preventable failure of the Fundāo tailings dam in Brazil - London Mining Network
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November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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
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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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...
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📣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
📢 Join us at the next Resisting Mining Book Club on 20 November!

We'll be welcoming Megan Black to discuss her book "The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power".

Register now: actionnetwork.org/events/resis...
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📣As the UK prepares to launch a new Critical Minerals Strategy, Cristóbal Rodríguez (spokesperson for MODATIMA) takes a deep dive into the previous strategy from the perspective of mining affected communities in Chile.
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#CriticalMinerals #JustTransition
Critical Minerals, Empty Rhetoric: A Look at the UK's Critical Minerals Strategy from the MODATIMA movement in Chile - London Mining Network
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October 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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On World Rivers Day, we reflect on how critical river systems are for our planet, wildlife and communities, raise awareness of the threats they face, and aim to inspire action to protect them! Alongside @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social today we want to spotlight the Ajkwa River, #WestPapua.
September 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📣Communities around the world have mobilised to expose Glencore for fuelling genocide through its coal exports to Israel.

In Argentina, South Africa & Colombia, people raised their voices about how Glencore's mines have devastated their communities and in solidarity with the people of Palestine.
September 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“We’re living in a sacrifice zone. Anglo American has polluted the water and the air we breathe.”

Glad to see this article published and shining a light on how Anglo American's mining operations are impacting the communities we work with in Chile 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’
Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This week 📣

Join us at LSBU for a 2-day symposium which will expose the violence and injustices unfolding in lithium frontiers across Latin America, Africa & Europe.

We'll be exploring how to strengthen community struggles against extractivism.

Register: liquitvoices.org/en/en-intern...
September 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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🙅‍♀️On Monday the Science Museum hosted a private cocktail reception for its sponsor Adani - a coal-mining conglomerate which partners with Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems.

✊Join us tomorrow to hear about the Science Museum Boycott: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

cultureunstained.org/2025/09/16/s...
Science Museum slammed for hosting secret event for genocide profiteers mired in bribery scandal
The Science Museum in London has sparked outrage after it hosted a private cocktails and canapés reception for its corporate sponsor Adani on Monday evening, a conglomerate involved in large-scale …
cultureunstained.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM