by Richard | Apr 19, 2017 | News
Rio Tinto subsidiary QMM’s ilmenite mine in Madagascar Report on the Rio Tinto AGM, London, Wednesday 12 April 2017 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network with assistance from Albert Beale, Andrew Hickman, Andy Whitmore, Mamy Rakotondrainibe,...
by Richard | Apr 14, 2016 | News
Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network (LMN) If you are a parent and your children find it difficult to go off to sleep at night, you may consider asking Sam Walsh to read them a bedtime story. A few paragraphs would surely...
by Richard | Apr 22, 2015 | News
Reflection of the Rio Tinto AGM in London, 16 April 2015, by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network. I can’t say I attend mining company AGMs because I enjoy them. They are a kind of liturgy in the Temple of Money, where the worshippers make...
by Richard | Apr 21, 2015 | News
Report on the Rio Tinto AGM, London, 16 April 2015 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network There is a full webcast of the AGM at http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/q5xxmtf6. This year’s Rio Tinto AGM was another three hour marathon, preceded by a...
by Richard | Jan 6, 2015 | News
The US Senate gave Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton a Christmas present by paving the way for their proposed copper mine in Arizona on land sacred to the Apache people. For background, see Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton in Arizona: copper project in conflict with Apaches and...
