Among London-listed mining companies operating in Colombia are Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, BHP Billiton, Glencore and Xstrata; and Rio Tinto is also interested in the country.
Government designates 2.9 million hectares for mining development …
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Sometimes, it seems a goverment just can’t win. In order to increase income, Zimababwe proposes to hike mining fees – and that’s inevitably upset the industry, which says it will make their businesses unviable. At …
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Thousands of workers continue striking at operations controlled by two of the world’s three biggest mining companies. In Canada, the United Steelworkers accused Rio Tinto of “major assault on workers and communities” as the UK-based …
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BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have raised their bets on global copper demand, approving plans for a $4.5 billion expansion of the massive Escondida mine in Chile, while BHP plans to reopen a U.S. copper …
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Two prominent global diversified natural resource companies are heading back to Papua New Guinea. They are the London based Rio Tinto Group and Melbourne based (and London-listed) BHP Billiton. The two global multinational exploration, development, …
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Rio Tinto Group, the third-biggest mining company, will gain control of Richards Bay Minerals, or RBM, on South Africa’s east coast in a deal that sees BHP Billiton Ltd. exiting the titanium minerals industry. Rio, …
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While it may only be a formality, Rio Tinto’s $US302 million purchase of another two per cent of Ivanhoe Mines finally cements its control of the group and its prize asset, the giant Oyu Tolgoi …
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Mining in southern Mongolia is threatening the livelihoods of herders and straining water supplies, a report said recently, as foreign companies race to exploit the country’s rich mineral deposits. Mongolia has opened up it vast …
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LANDOWNERS of the Bougainville Copper Mine have called on the government for the Bougainville Copper Agreement (BCA) Act 1969 to be repealed. Panguna Landowners Association (PLA) stated that if Panguna Mine is to be re-opened, …
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On January 1, 2012, Rio Tinto’s aluminium subsidiary Alcan locked out 780 members of United Steelworkers at its smelter and refinery in Alma, Québec. The company refuses to negotiate limits on contract work.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11463&l=1…
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For at least the last five years, Kennecott Utah Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, violated the federal limits on ore and waste rock production at its Bingham Canyon Mine, the largest open pit copper …
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