The Oyu Tolgoi mine was predicted to become a key driver of the Mongolian economy with its copper and gold production accounting for a third of Mongolia’s GDP by 2021. Instead, the Mongolian government has missed out on over US$200 million in taxes while the expansion...
In order for the land transfer to happen and mining to begin, the US Forest Service has to publish its environmental impact assessment of the Resolution Copper project, which is expected at the end of 2021. As one of its last acts, the Trump administration drastically...
On behalf of 156 indigenous residents of Bougainville, the Human Rights Law Centre files a complaint with the Australian National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises in The Australian government. It aims to hold Rio Tinto accountable for...
In May 2020, Rio Tinto destroys a 46,000-year-old sacred site at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara, Australia. This is done despite warnings from local Indigenous people and archaeologists of its cultural and historical significance. Following the global outrage over this,...
Rio Tinto initiates arbitration procedures against the Government of Mongolia, arguing that the tax bill they were served of US$155 million is “indirect appropriation.” Originally intended to stop arbitrary abuse by states singling out foreign investments, the...
