Santa evicted after dumping coal at GCM’s boss’s desk – Updated Videos from GCM demo in December 2012

A surprised Father Christmas was thrown out of a multinational corporation’s AGM in London today after presenting the Chairman with a stocking full of coal. Santa Claus was frogmarched out by irate security at the prestigious meeting of GCM Resources, a controversial multinational corporation whose coal mine plans suffered angry condemnation by UN Special Rapporteurs this February. UN experts warned …

City Diary: Santa visits GCM Resources, but investors are left wanting

News story on the GCM AGM published by The Daily Telegraph (UK) on the 3 January, 2013: City Diary: Santa visits GCM Resources, but investors are left wanting By Harriet Dennys Where now for GCM Resources’ controversial mining project in Bangladesh, after a protestor dressed as Santa Claus stormed the company’s pre-Christmas AGM and deposited a stocking full of coal …

Updated List of Recent News Stories in Relation to Phulbari

The following represents an updated list of new stories in relation to the Phulbari issue: The Bangladesh Chronicle (31/12/2012): Asia Energy awaits PM’s Phulbari nod Priyo News (31/12/2012):  Asia Energy awaits PM’s Phulbari nod Coal Guru (24/12/2012): GCM Resources update on AGM Coal Guru (24/12/2012): Phulbari deal not in hurry – PM aide Bdnews24 (22/12/2012):  Phulbari deal not in hurry: PM aide The …

Coal Play inside and outside AGM: GCM takes a beating from Phulbari activists

By Raaj Manik, 22 December 2012 Thursday was a miserable day for the board of GCM Resources, and a day, of what the protesters of the destructive Phulbari Project called ‘ the day for Phulbari Resistance’. Despite the heavy, grey and wet weather in London, protesters of the Phulbari Coal Project and transnational activists of climate justice and environment in …

News: Anger and honour outside the GCM Resources AGM

From the London Mining Network website: Anger and honour outside the GCM Resources AGM Demonstrators from a number of groups gathered outside GCM Resources’ Annual General Meeting in London yesterday. The event was organized by the UK branch of National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Mineral Resources and Port-Power of Bangladesh (‘UK Committee’) with the support of other organizations. Demonstrators chanted slogans calling …

London mining Network Reports on GCM AGM

Coal play: inside the GCM Resources AGM, 20 December 2012   Read the full report on the London Mining network website at:  http://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/12/coal-play-inside-the-gcm-resources-agm-20-december-2012/ Report and reflection by Richard Solly, London Mining Network Yesterday was nearly the shortest day, and the weather in London was heavy, grey and wet, and inside the GCM Resources AGM everyone felt gloomy. Company Chairman Gerard …

GCM AGM 2012: From Phulbari to Niyamgiri!

From the Foil Vedenta website at:  http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/from-phulbari-to-niyamgiri/ From Phulbari to Niyamgiri! Activists from Foil Vedanta joined the Bangladeshi community and other organisations today at the AGM of GCM Resources – the UK based mining company who want to displace 220,000 people for a giant open cast coal mine in Phulbari, Bangladesh. As 40 protesters shouted slogans outside the Institute of …