Rio Tinto is an Anglo Australian company, listed on the stock exchanges of both London and Australia. Rio Tinto’s role on the Pacific island of Bougainville helped start a war there. “It is important to understand the significance of holding Rio Tinto...
IndustriALL Global Union is mounting a global corporate campaign against Rio Tinto in a struggle that cuts across sectoral and geographical interests. See http://www.industriall-union.org/issues/confronting-global-capital/multinational-companies-mncs/rio-tinto. For...
Although diamonds are supposed to be forever, it’s the human love affair with gold that has been truly lasting. For thousands of years, since even before the time of King Tut, gold has been prized for its beauty and value. It’s no wonder, then, that so much gold is...
Research from LMN member group WDM has revealed that Royal Bank of Scotland’s 2012 carbon emissions could be up to 1,200 times higher than the figure reported by the bank, and 18 times the total emissions of Scotland. See...
This short video involves interviews with shareholders in the London-listed, Chilean-based Antofagasta after the company’s 12 June AGM in London and includes news of what has happened since to the company in Chile, where most of its operations are. See...
The annual thematic report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of indigenous peoples, which he will present to the Human Rights Council in September 2013,addresses issues related to extractive industries and implications that they have for the rights of indigenous...
