Stop using gold and other metals from irresponsible and large scale open pit mining operations, such as Rio Tinto for the symbols of the Olympic Games: the medals. Sign the petition at...
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...
There’s been yet more controversy surrounding the tussles between BSG Resources Ltd., Vale, Rio Tinto and the Government of Guinea over control of the country’s huge Simandou Project. In the most recent twist, BSG’s Beny Steinmetz has moved from...
Rio Tinto revealed last month that it is contemplating the sale of its 19.1% stake in Canada’s Northern Dynasty, the sole owner of the undeveloped Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska since Anglo American ditched it last September. See...
