Why did Rio Tinto pay out $9 billion to shareholders in 2020?
Mining giant Rio Tinto’s share price shot up last week, as they announced a record $9bn paid out in dividends to shareholders in 2020. This might seem counterintuitive in the…
Brazilian mining’s disaster: The Brumadinho Dam collapse two years on
Vale Mining executives agreed on a settlement worth $7 billion (US) with the state government of Minas Gerais, Brazil, last week. The money is to act as compensation for the…
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Martial Mining – The link between warfare and resource extraction
Martial Mining by Kay Stephens On the 6th November 2020, Environmental Conflict Day, social and environmental justice coalition, the London Mining Network, launched their latest report: Martial Mining. This research…
Electronics and extractivism during the COVID-19 pandemic
A landmark report was published in June 2020 highlighting the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on communities affected by mining. The report - Voices From the Ground:…
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The Resource Question: Planetary Mine by Martín Arboleda
Kalgoorlie Open Cast Mine. Image credit via Stephen Codrington, Creative Commons. An early memory of mine is going on an underground tour of the National Coal Mining Museum in primary…
Bright Green relaunch – three months on
A little more than three months ago, Bright Green was relaunched. I wrote at the time about the need for radical media outlet that could help contribute to and steer…
From South Africa to Burundi, colonialism is alive and well in the mining industry
Image credit: Nick Werren Platinum is a white-silver metal, it’s unreactive, and rare. Because of this, you can make jewellery out of it and sell it to people who wish…
Unpacking boxes
Liam Barrington-Bush is the author of “Anarchists in the board room – how social movements and social media can help your organisation be more like people” - which he wrote…
No silver lining: The ugly truth about Canadian mining in Oaxaca, Mexico and beyond
Jen Wilton and Liam Barrington-Bushreport from San José del Progreso, Oaxaca, Mexico In a small, dry town in the south-west of Oaxaca, Mexico there is a deadly political battle being…