Environmental and community groups opposed to a nickel and copper mine being constructed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula aren’t giving up the fight. AP reports that four groups against the Eagle Mine, under construction by Kennecott …
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Opponents appeal decision to permit Michigan nickel-copper mine
Ceremonial walk protests Rio Tinto mine in Michigan
Barbed wire fences and the sweltering heat failed to hold them back Sunday afternoon. Mine opponents and the environmentally conscious covered the Yellow Dog Plains in a peaceful demonstration, a message for Rio Tinto subsidairy …
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Michigan State Government challenged over Rio Tinto owned mine
Kennecott is a US subsidiary of London-based Rio Tinto.
Press Release from Jack Parker and Associates Inc, Toivola, Michigan 49965, USA
June 30, 2011
Contacts:
Jack Parker (Jack Parker and Associates; jprockdoctor@gmail.com)
Laura Gauger …
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Opposition to Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott in Michigan
Internationally Recognized Principles Needed for the Protection of Eagle Rock: Six Articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - paper prepared by Jessica Koski: http://newwarriorsforearth.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/indigenousrightseaglerock2.pdf
Residents concerned about water quality …
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Rio Tinto – the movie
Activists came to London from Indonesia, California, Michigan and Utah for the Rio Tinto AGM on 14 April. Watch this fifteen minute video to find out about their complaints against the company, why they wanted …
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Rio Tinto AGM 14 April 2011
Rio Tinto’s AGM took place in London at 11am on Thursday 14 April. Protests outside were led by Utah Moms for Clean Air and supported by London Mining Network. For more information, click on headline.
Activists from around the world attack British mining giant
On 14 April 2011, London-based Rio Tinto plc held its AGM (annual shareholders’ meeting) in London.
14 April also marked the thirtieth anniversary of the first concerted intervention by “dissident shareholders” in what is now …
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Rio Tinto dodges State requirements in the USA
Rio Tinto, through its subsidiary Kennecott Minerals, continues to dodge requirements of Michigan’s Part 632 Mining Law, with the help of the Marquette County Road Commission (MCRC), the Marquette County and City Commissions, and local …
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“Objective” Rio Tinto Study Raises Eyebrows
Rio Tinto, accused of using bad science by detractors of its Eagle Mine project, is at it again. This time, the company is using two professors at Northern Michigan University, in Marquette, to do its …
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How may the law be served, if justice is denied?
London Calling turns an Eagle eye on Rio Tinto
Is Rio Tinto breaking the law or not? Even if the company isn’t violating a Michigan state mining act and even if the current argument is …
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Rio Tinto in Michigan: Native Americans make a stand and bear the brunt
In 2005, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community tried to lease the sacred Eagle Rock site from the State of Michigan for ceremonial use. Located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula near Marquette, Eagle Rock and the surrounding …
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Michigan has dwindling resources to regulate Rio Tinto subsidiary’s mine
In the wake of the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision that no federal permit is necessary for a controversial new nickel sulphide mine to be located on state land near Lake Superior, state officials and mining …
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