Rio Tinto subsidiary QMM’s ilmenite mine in Madagascar
Report on the Rio Tinto AGM, London, Wednesday 12 April 2017
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network
with assistance from Albert Beale, Andrew Hickman, Andy Whitmore, …
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Tag Archives | Papua New Guinea
London protest against seabed mining
London Mining Network was involved in a protest on 24 May against the 5th annual seabed mining summit. We joined Australian-based Deep Sea Mining campaign and LMN member group War on Want in solidarity …
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Bougainville passes new mining law, outraging mining opponents
Many in Bougainville are determined to prevent Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) returning to the island. The company’s Panguna copper and gold mine triggered a war with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force…
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FOI request reveals UK government backed Shell and Rio Tinto in human rights court cases after companies lobbied for support
CORE/Amnesty International UK press release, 6 April 2014
‘While paying lip service to corporate responsibility, the government was conniving with multinationals to reduce their exposure to litigation for the worst kind of abuses.’ – Marilyn …
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Bougainville: "A people impoverished and humiliated by Rio Tinto"
The mine lies like a scar across a bloody face. Guava village sits in a remote area in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (PNG), above a copper mine which closed 25 years ago. Resistance to the …
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