Rio Tinto accused of "divide and conquer"
…the promise of hundreds of jobs, many local, as the carrot to get support for a nickel and copper mine. Now that Rio Tinto is tunneling into the Eagle Mine…
Tribe Appeals To United Nations Over Rio Tinto Mine in Michigan
…the Great Lakes. The Keweenaw tribe fought Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott’s Eagle Mine, a new copper and nickel mine under construction in Marquette County. See http://ipr.interlochen.org/ipr-news-features/episode/tribes-appeal-united-nations-over-mines/2012-05-02. Action: Tell the United…
Protesters target Rio Tinto AGM
…and violation of Indigenous sacred sites at the company’s Eagle nickel mine; West Papuans protesting against Indigenous rights abuse, militarisation and environmental destruction at the Grasberg copper-gold mine; and representatives…
Visitors demand justice from Rio Tinto
Women from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the USA have travelled to London to ask Rio Tinto to monitor air quality at its controversial Eagle Mine. The women will…
Rio Tinto and the 2012 Olympic Medals
…violation of Indigenous treaty rights at the Eagle Mine site in Michigan, USA. Persistent local citizen opposition against Rio Tinto’s Eagle Mine includes concerns that waste water-injection into aquifers will…