Global miner Rio Tinto has attracted strong interest for a $2.5 billion loan to expand its Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, in one of the largest resource financings in Asia this year, …
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Rio Tinto firms up $2.5bn Oyu Tolgoi mine loan
London Calling sees the Grey Man Cometh
At Rio Tinto’s 2013 AGM, held in London last week, chairman Jan du Plessis did what none of his predecessors could achieve. Long gone are Rio’s dark knights – notably former Rio Tinto chairmen, Alistair …
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The Rio Tinto AGM: money makes their world go round, but for the company’s opponents, the struggle goes on
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Rio Tinto accused of environmental and human rights breaches
West Papuan activists protest outside Rio Tinto’s AGM over the company’s involvement in the Grasberg mine. Photo: Amy Scaife
Protesters from around the world attacked mining company Rio Tinto for a string for alleged environmental …
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Stories of Resistance – community activists slam Rio Tinto, Anglo American
Watch video coverage of the event last Monday with community and worker representatives from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa, the USA and West Papua.
Community activists in London to denounce British companies’ abuses abroad
This week activists from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa and the USA are in London with a common purpose: to draw attention to abuses being perpetrated in their countries by Anglo American and Rio Tinto, two …
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Communities and mineworkers hit out at Rio Tinto, Anglo American
Communities from Colombia, Mongolia, South Africa and the US will demonstrate in London this week against some of the world’s largest mining companies, which they say are devastating the health of people, widely polluting the …
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Rio Tinto, World Bank slammed for uncertainties over Mongolian mine
Sukhgerel Dugersuren, Executive Director of Mongolian organization Oyu Tolgoi Watch, questions the wisdom of multilateral funding of a deeply controversial project.
Dr Kim, where is Mongolia’s economic diversification?
In late February the World Bank’s private …
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Rio Tinto, London Mining Network, the New Internationalist and the Oyu Tolgoi mine
The Oyu Tolgoi tailings pond
In March 2013, New Internationalist magazine carried an article on mining in Mongolia, including information about the Oyu Tolgoi project – but it did not mention that activity at the …
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Update from Mongolia: herders fear water impacts of Rio Tinto’s river diversion
London Mining Network is part of an international coalition of organizations supporting traditional herders in Mongolia affected by Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi copper-silver-gold mine. One of the major concerns is the company’s plan to divert …
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US Government worries about impacts of Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi project; but ten banks back it
US raises serious concerns over Oyu Tolgoi’s environmental, social impact
World number two miner Rio Tinto has suffered another setback at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia after the US refused to vote on World Bank funding …
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Mongolia to charge Rio Tinto interest on tax owed by Oyu Tolgoi
Mongolia plans to start charging interest on allegedly unpaid tax owed by Rio Tinto Group’s Oyu Tolgoi LLC, as talks continue over the future of the $6.6 billion copper and gold mine, the nation’s mining …
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