Rio Tinto: No Progress, Only Hollow Talk
…devastating problems left by the mine? Grasberg copper and gold mine, West Papua Question from London Mining Network Rio Tinto presents itself as a responsible corporate citizen and leader in…
Rio Tinto Alternative Timeline
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…