The union followed due process in initiating strike action, but there has been no legal judgment on the legality of the strike. It is illegal to fire workers for striking in Indonesia. Rio Tinto is a major investor at Freeport’s Grasberg mine.
Rio Tinto has struck a partnership with Chinese state-owned entity Minmetals, in a move that deepens the company’s relationship with one of the largest and most powerful mining organisations in the world.
Rio Tinto has struck a partnership with Chinese state-owned entity Minmetals, in a move that deepens the company’s relationship with one of the largest and most powerful mining organisations in the world.
The company which used to the run the controversial Panguna copper mine on the island of Bougainville is now trying to reopen it with the support of the island’s Government.
Locals are divided on proposals to extend mining at the Northern Territory site for another 20 years. Jobs are available – but Indigenous groups living downstream say it will poison their land.
