Rio Tinto’s $US20 billion ($20.8bn) Simandou iron ore project in Guinea will see more than 10,000 people relocated to make way for a railway to move the raw material to the coast, raising potential issues over who will be responsible for their wellbeing. The extent of the relocations were revealed by Rio’s iron ore counsel Philip Edmands in a talk to a resources and energy law association conference.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=12470.