Brazilian steelmaker CSN struck a deal to sell its 19.9 percent stake in Australian coal miner Riversdale to mining giant Rio Tinto for A$780 million ($830 million), according to a securities filing. See...
One of the largest mining companies in the world has withdrawn from uranium prospecting in the southern region, citing unsatisfactory initial exploration results, the Kingdom’s state-run energy firm announced on Tuesday. British-Australian firm Rio Tinto – which...
Activists came to London from Indonesia, California, Michigan and Utah for the Rio Tinto AGM on 14 April. Watch this fifteen minute video to find out about their complaints against the company, why they wanted to attend its AGM and what they achieved by doing so: You...
One half of the Pebble Limited Partnership – the half that includes Rio Tinto – is looking to sell. The Pebble Partnership, which involves Northern Dynasty (in which Rio Tinto is a major shareholder) and Anglo American, wants to develop the controversial...
Anglo American officials prevented shareholder activist Theo Botha from attending the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) in London because they were unable to confirm that Botha had a “valid right of entry to the AGM”. A lawyer described Anglo American’s move as...
Of the three largest mining companies with London AGMs, (the other two being BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto), Anglo American is perhaps most adept at managing criticism and containing dissent. Faced with a large delegation opposing the Pebble project in Alaska, the...
Global diversified miner Anglo American PLC said Thursday that it will offer to cover the medical expenses of gold miners in South Africa who have filed claims related to respiratory ailments against the company. “This is one of those situations where, even...
We write on the day of Anglo American’s shareholder meeting to register deep concerns about the proposed open-cast, gold and copper Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. We are unusual bedfellows, including Alaska Native leaders, the director of Bristol...
Anglo American’s AGM is on Thursday, 21 April at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster. Liberal Democrat Peer Lord Avebury has joined Rights and Accountability in Development and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa in calling on the...
Investor organizations holding over $170 billion in assets are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate the mine waste impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine on Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed, an ecosystem of international significance. Pebble is...
This could be yet another example of Rio Tinto displaying its “compassion towards communities”‘ – while failing to change anything to suit its bottom line. Bill Champion, managing director of Rio Tinto’s 76%-owned Coal & Allied...
Clive Porabou visits residents around the site of the now-closed Panguna mine in Bougainville. Rio Tinto subsidiary BCL (Bougainville Copper Limited) is eager to reopen the mine. Many local residents are adamantly opposed. See...
