Wednesday’s Westminster Hall debate in the UK Parliament on UK-listed mining companies included several mentions of London Mining Network and our report, UK listed mining companies and the case for stricter regulation.
John McDonnell MP singled out GCM Resources for particular criticism, noting the extreme damage that would be done by its Phulbari opencast mine in Bangladesh were the project to go ahead.
GCM’s AGM is to take place on 20 December in London.
John McDonnell also spoke about Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Vedanta and Xstrata.
Flooding are the most common form of natural disaster in the UK and are now part and parcel of the British winter months; widespread flooding happens at least once a year in the UK. Earlier this year, torrents of rain hit the UK, with Cumbria the worst-affected area; heavy, prolonged rainfall caused bridges and road networks to collapse and four people lost their lives. In 2007, Yorkshire was hit hard by floods and some people are still recovering from the destruction caused by the floods three years later; the floods killed six people and left hundreds of people homeless and thousands without electricity.
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