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Zine: Global resistance to Glencore

A pocket guide to Glencore, a UK-Swiss mining company with a toxic global footprint, and how you can support the resistance.

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Published: Jun 5, 2026
Pages: 11

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RESISTANCE TO GLENCORESTOP BLOOD COAL CERREJÓN, COLDAN FROM DECOLONIZE NOW!
NO Conta mina cionDE The Agua Rica project is unviable, not only because of the pollution it would cause to the water, soil, and air in the region, but also because of the risk of landslides on the town and the direct attack on the glacial and periglacial environment of the Nevado del Aconquija. ARGENTINA //
BRAZIL// bauxite COMMUNITY // Oriximiná, Terra Santa, and Faro in Pará state.
COLOMBIA // coalTabaco, La Guajira Department. MINE // Cerrejón, founded in 1976 is Latin America's largest coal mine.
LISM TION CLEANSING FLICTUS BRUTALITY HENEnergy US
Page 6IMPACTS cobalt. AIR AND LAND POLLUTION // Contamination of agricultural land, respiratory diseases.
PERU // copperCOMMUNITY // Puerto Huarmey, a fishing town in the Ancash region. MINE // Antamina, located in the Andean mountains, is one of the world's largest copper/zinc mines a joint venture of BHP, Glencore, Teck Resources and Mitsubishi Corporation.
GLENCORE Y SEGUIMOSLUCHANDO Y LA VIDA
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GLOBAL RESISTAAs Glencore's mining frontier expands under the banner of the energy transition and the search for critical minerals, the communities make evident that this comes at a profound cost-undermining people's health and cultures and driving the destruction of ecosystems in extraction zones. This is not a solution for the ecological crises. 60°
NCE TO GLENCOREGlencore shrouds its operations in secrecy, and for good reason: the details painstakingly brought to light by community activists and environmental justice campaigners paint a damning picture. From the bribery scandals in the DRC, the murder of anti-mining activists in the Philippines, the poisoning of water supplies in Peru, and the abuse of workers in its mines the world over, we can see that whilst Glencore's operations might be diverse, the common thread that ties them together is an exploitative business model based on crossing ethical lines in the pursuit of ever greater profits. SALON

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NCE TO GLENCORE

SOUTH AFRICA // coal PROFITING FROM IMPERIALIST WAR CONGO // cobalt + copper

Glencore shrouds its operations in secrecy, and for good reason: the details painstakingly brought to light by community activists and environmental justice campaigners paint a damning picture. From the bribery scandals in the DRC, the murder of anti-mining activists in the Philippines, the poisoning of water supplies in Peru, and the abuse of workers in its mines the world over, we can see that whilst Glencore's operations might be diverse, the common thread that ties them together is an exploitative business model based on crossing ethical lines in the pursuit of ever greater profits.

SALON
NG SHEL COAL
OUR BSTINE

SOUTH AFRICA // coal

The SA BDS Coalition is calling on civil society to be loud and vocal about the need to block coal exports to Israel and impose an energy embargo: join protests, write to your representatives, and reach out to the SA BDS Coalition if you are able to provide support.

Read their report:

PROFITING FROM IMPERIALIST WAR

With the US-Israel war on Iran raising costs but boosting commodity prices Glencore has said its trading division could beat a long-term earnings target this year.

- The Wall Street Journal, April 2026

PERU // copper

Communities in Puerto Huarmey are demanding that the Peruvian government declares an environ- mental emergency over mining pollution in the area. They call on international health institutions to give urgent medical attention to children and pregnant women affected by arsenic contamination.

CONGO // cobalt + copper

Communities are taking action to provide support for families severely affected by poverty around Glencore's mining sites, and develop a roadmap for continuous resistance against Glencore and for the protection of Indigenous peoples' rights.

Sign this petition to stop Glencore in the DRC:

GLOBAL RESISTANCE TO GLENCORE