For a month, a small group of American Indians and environmental activists occupied an isolated patch of woods in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where the world’s third-largest mining company, Rio Tinto, is preparing to drill …
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Vigil at Rio Tinto Michigan mine site ends with two arrests
A Sacred Fire Is Burning at Eagle Rock
Around the world, indigenous communities are defending their homelands and sacred sites from mining companies with more urgency than ever. With the fictional Avatar receiving so much media attention, it’s important to realize that very …
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Native American activists protest against Rio Tinto subsidiary
Native American activists have set up a tent camp at Eagle Rock, expecting to stay indefinitely peacefully protesting against Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company’s nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains …
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Rio Tinto opponent arrested for “trespassing” on public land
A resident of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA, was arrested for “trespassing” on public land in the Escanaba River State Forest, in northern Marquette County. Cynthia Pryor planned on visiting Eagle Rock, site of …
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Report on the London AGM of Rio Tinto, 15 April 2010
Introduction
This was Jan du Plessis’ first AGM as Chairman, and he gave plenty of time for questions on the annual report. There were numerous questions on the convictions of Rio Tinto officials in China …
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Rio Tinto: A Shameful History of Human and Labour Rights Abuses And Environmental Degradation Around the Globe
This document was prepared by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in San Francisco, USA. A more up to date report is available at http://londonminingnetwork.org/docs/Rio-Tinto-background-information-2011.doc.
Reporting on the company’s 2011 AGM is available at …
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Rio Tinto subsidiary’s Michigan mine threatens sacred tribal rights
Comment by Jessica Koski, who will be attending the London AGM of Rio Tinto on Thursday 15 April
For far too long, the voices of affected and concerned Ojibwa people have been ignored in the …
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BHP brings Australian nickel operation to a halt after fatal accident
The diversified miner has stopped work at part of its Nickel West mining complex after a miner died in an accident. Details are still being established.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page504?oid=102575&sn=Detail&pid=92730.…
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Blood and Iron: Rio Tinto heads to the top
Rio Tinto is talking up its future prospects, in advance of its London annual general meeting next month.
A huge nickel mine is slated for Indonesia; the company is about to take over a vast …
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Anglo American financial news
Anglo American beats earnings forecasts but stops short of reinstating dividends
The group posted a 51% drop in annual earnings per share on the back of weaker metal prices and said the resumption of dividend …
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Controversial Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott mine permits OK’d at 11th hour
Two days before the Michigan State Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) ceased to exist and a week after its director stepped down, DEQ moved to wrap up a long standing fight over permits for a …
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BHP Billiton isn’t putting another nickel in
Recently there’s been some speculation that BHP Billiton – the world’s biggest mining company – may be about to exit from nickel production.
In 2008, it pulled out of the Gag Island project in West …
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