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Rio Tinto presents ore for London's Olympic medals
Global mining firm Rio Tinto presented ore on Friday to the organisers of the London 2012 Olympics that will be used to create the medals, a gesture likely to be costlier than the last time it was involved thanks to higher metal prices. See...
Freeport-Rio Tinto workers on strike at Grasberg
Freeport-Rio Tinto workers in West Papua claim they are paid only US$1.5 an hour, while other Freeport workers around the world receive at least ten times this amount. Two weeks ago, 8,000 of them went on strike at the Grasberg mine, the world's biggest single source...
Did Rio Tinto start a war in Bougainville?
London Calling asks: did Rio Tinto fund war on Bougainville? Whatever Michael Somare might have done in office (or out of it) over the past 22 years, as the first prime minister of Papua New Guinea he undoubtedly displayed "fibre" in negotiating the terms of the...
Michigan State Government challenged over Rio Tinto owned mine
Kennecott is a US subsidiary of London-based Rio Tinto. Press Release from Jack Parker and Associates Inc, Toivola, Michigan 49965, USA June 30, 2011 Contacts: Jack Parker (Jack Parker and Associates; jprockdoctor@gmail.com) Laura Gauger (00 1 218-724-3004;...
Rio Tinto chief Tom Albanese lashes coal detractors
RIO Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese says big polluters are being "vilified" by those seeking to score political points, as he lashed out at "extreme" calls for Australia's coal industry to be shut down and replaced by renewable technologies. See...
Rio Tinto's Ranger uranium mine still poses threat to Aboriginal Australians
The Mirrar, traditional owners of Koongarra, have won their battle for the modification of borders to their uranium-rich territory and this will now be included within the boundaries of the existing Kakadu National Park World Heritage Area. Nonetheless plans by Rio...
For South Africa's sickened gold miners, a long wait for justice from Anglo American
His breathing is laboured, his chest is tight, and he is too weak to work in his garden any more. At the age of 63, former mine worker Wilson Mafolwana wonders if he’ll still be alive when justice is done. He is among the millions of migrant workers who toiled in...
Facing up to challenges of Africa's extractive sectors: clarion calls from Zimbabwe & Ethiopia
"The fundamental reality of Africa is that it is integrated into a global system of kleptocratic capitalism characterised by primitive accumulation or ‘rent seeking' by the rich nations and within each nation by the rich power elite. This creates at the opposite polar...
Tanzania: Barrick investors risk being "chased away"
Residents of African Barrick's North Mara mining district, backed by their MP, are threatening to close down the UK-listed company's operations, if it fails to honour pledges to the community. In May, five people were shot dead by police safeguarding the mine, as...
Danger: UK Legal Aid Bill could stop people overseas suing British mining companies
Lisa Nandy MP spoke in a debate in the British House of Commons on 29 June pointing out the effects on communities overseas seeking justice from British multinationals. Read her contribution to the debate. Legal Aid, Sentencing And Punishment Of Offenders Bill, House...