Press release from Human Rights Law Centre, Australia, 21 July 2021 Rio Tinto has today publicly committed to fund an an independent environmental and human rights impact assessment of its former Panguna mine in Bougainville in response to a human rights complaint...
The UK government’s response to the COVID-19 health crisis has meant that company AGMs are even more controlled by the companies’ Boards and even less accountable than usual. Rio Tinto’s AGM this year was a hole-in-the-corner affair, with the minimum...
Report on the Rio Tinto plc AGM, London, 11 April 2018 By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network A recording of the whole AGM is available at https://edge.media-server.com/m6/p/q6qsz3ho (registration is necessary). An analysis of the company’s...
Many in Bougainville are determined to prevent Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) returning to the island. The company’s Panguna copper and gold mine triggered a war with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, backed by Australia. See the...
The mine lies like a scar across a bloody face. Guava village sits in a remote area in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (PNG), above a copper mine which closed 25 years ago. Resistance to the Rio Tinto-owned pit exploded in the late 1980s. Human rights abuses were...
