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18 Apr 2007

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Mines & Communities

Launching the London Mining Network [18 April 2007, School of Oriental and African Studies, London]

The London Mining Network (LMN)...is a new alliance of human rights, development and environmental groups. Members include Colombia Solidarity Campaign, The Corner House, Partizans (People Against Rio Tinto and its Subsidiaries), Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links, TAPOL (the Indonesia human rights campaign) and the Society of St Columban. We pledge to expose the role of companies, funders and government in the promotion of unacceptable mining projects...[refers to Anglo-American, Shell, Barclays, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Citibank, Standard Chartered, Peabody Energy, Rio Tinto, Arch Coal, BHPBilliton, Siberian Coal Energy, Xstrata, Compania Vale do Rio Doce, Barrick Gold, Newmont, AngloGoldAshanti, Gold Fields, Freeport McMoran, Harmony Gold, Navoi Metal, Compania de Minas Buenaventura, De Beers, Alrosa]