Resourcing Tomorrow – global mining fair is coming to London

The US Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of War, Industrial Base Resilience, is coming to London to speak at the conference this year about how important the rush for 'rare earth minerals' is for sustaining the military industrial complex.

The extraction of these resources is already often militarised, suppressing displaced communities and protest – but now the destination for the minerals is also the war machine, in a self-perpetuating cycle of violence.

Coal Action Network and others are organising a demonstration on the steps outside the Business Design Centre at the start of the fair.

They are also encouraging people to oppose the conference in advance by putting pressure on the Business Design Centre to drop the event. Additionally, supporters could write to Emily Thornberry MP, whose constituency encompasses the venue, Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, or the Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and President of the Board of Trade.

If you would like further information about attending the demonstration, or would like template emails to contact politicians, please contact daniel@coalaction.org.uk.