Alaskan tribal leaders say open-pit mine will endanger valuable salmon habitat See http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/18/anglo-american-alaska-salmon-protest. Also see...
The disruption to air travel in Europe has forced mining giant Rio Tinto to postpone its Annual General Meeting in Australia. See http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/20/2877472.htm.
A resident of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA, was arrested for “trespassing” on public land in the Escanaba River State Forest, in northern Marquette County. Cynthia Pryor planned on visiting Eagle Rock, site of Kennecott Minerals’ proposed “Eagle” mine, to...
Introduction This was Jan du Plessis’ first AGM as Chairman, and he gave plenty of time for questions on the annual report. There were numerous questions on the convictions of Rio Tinto officials in China for bribery (see Rio accused of abandoning Stern Hu,...
For up to date information and our alternative company timeline, see Companies In Focus: Rio Tinto This document was prepared by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in San Francisco, USA. A more up to date report is available at...
Rio Tinto in a race to the bottom Some 70 protestors from the UK, Netherlands, and Belgium demonstrated with locked-out members of the U.S. International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in London at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Rio Tinto. The global mining...
See http://vimeo.com/10794473. Clive Porabou took a strong message to London. When he attended the Rio Tinto Annual General Meeting on 15 April, he told them ‘no more mining’ on Mekamui (Bougainville Island). Bougainville Copper Limited’s Panguna...
Comment by Jessica Koski, who will be attending the London AGM of Rio Tinto on Thursday 15 April For far too long, the voices of affected and concerned Ojibwa people have been ignored in the midst of Kennecott’s proposed Eagle Mine in Michigan’s Upper...
Women representing an indigenous landowner’s group on the Papua New Guinean island of Bougainville say they’re opposed to reopening the mine that was at the centre of a bloody civil war. Local anger towards the Panguna copper mine was at the heart of the...
Video news programme featuring Terri Judd, a locked out Boron miner, and Craig Merrilees, ILWU Communications Director. They appeared on Democracy Now! to discuss the lockout. The Boron mine is owned by Rio Tinto. See...
Passage of the Bribery Act is particularly interesting in the wake of the convictions of Rio Tinto officials in China for bribery. In the final days of business before the General Election, Parliament has passed new anti-bribery legislation, sending an unequivocal...
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto turned to US elder statesman Henry Kissinger for help in building bridges with China following the jailing of four of its employees, according to reports in Australia. See...
