2018 – Rio Tinto cut and run from the Grasberg / Nemangkawi mine
Rio Tinto seals a deal worth US$3.5 billion (£2.77 billion) to sell out of their production sharing contract for the Grasberg mine in West Papua, which continues to pollute the…
2005 – Funding militarisation in West Papua
…a joint venture ownership of the Grasberg mine. The payments are for security protection of the Grasberg mine and confirms earlier allegations of the company’s connection to the Indonesian government,…
1996 – Rio Tinto investment expands the Ertzberg mine in West Papua
…production at the mine from the initial Ertzberg open pit to the current open-cast pit at Grasberg, ‘Nemangkawi’ in the indigenous Amungme language. Without this investment, the mine would never…
1973 – Ertzberg mine in West Papua is officially opened
…caused by drinking water that has been poisoned by the mine. The Grasberg / Nemangkawi mine is noticeably absent from Rio Tinto’s own timeline, including its toxic waste dumping which…
1969 – Denying self-determination to West Papua
…Grasberg / Nemangkawi mine is noticeably absent from Rio Tinto’s own timeline, including its association with colonialism, human rights abuses and denying West Papuans autonomy and control over their lands….