Rio Tinto sidesteps questions on Jabiluka uranium

One of the highlights of protests at last week’s Rio Tinto Annual General Meeting was the presentation of an appeal to the UN from Australian Aboriginal elder, Yvonne Margarula – raised by a British colleague to the company chairman. In her letter Yvonne...

Indonesian Green Activist addresses Rio Tinto Shareholders in London

Nostromo Research 14 April 2011  LONDON -Chalid Muhammad, one of Indonesia’s leading Green activists, attended the Annual Shareholders Meeting of the Rio Tito mining corporation, held in London today (April 14 2011). Chalid had flown from Jakarta especially to present...

Rio Tinto AGM 14 April 2011

Rio Tinto’s AGM took place in London at 11am on Thursday 14 April. Protests outside were led by Utah Moms for Clean Air and supported by London Mining Network. For more information, click on headline.

Activists from around the world attack British mining giant

On 14 April 2011, London-based Rio Tinto plc held its AGM (annual shareholders’ meeting) in London. 14 April also marked the thirtieth anniversary of the first concerted intervention by “dissident shareholders” in what is now the world’s third most powerful mining...