Rio Tinto to provide metal for London 2012 Olympic medals

…(LOCOG) said. Metal for the medals will come from the company’s Bingham Canyon mine in the United States and from the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia. See http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/metals-olympics-riotinto-idUSLDE73C16X20110413 The Bingham…

Mongolia's wilderness threatened by mining boom

…from expansion of the mining sector. Government officials want the $5 billion coming into the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project. The companies developing the Oyu Tolgoi project are Ivanhoe…

Mongolia declares diplomatic war on Britain over arrested spy

…not mention it, one of the companies that could lose out is Rio Tinto, which is involved with Ivanhoe in the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project. See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mongolia-declares-diplomatic-war-on-britain-over-arrested-spy-2179155.html….

Rio Tinto battles for new copper, gold and coal

…it sights have been fixed on securing a greater chunk of the Oyu Tolgoi project, currently majority-owned by Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines. Like Riversdale’s coal venture in Mozambique, Oyu Tolgoi