Rio Tinto's 'sustainable mining' claims exposed
Rio Tinto uses its sustainability reporting to bolster the argument that it is a responsible company and therefore entitled to a license to

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2498027/rio_tintos_sustainable_mining_claims_exposed.html
Date Written:  2014-07-30
Publisher:  The Ecologist
Year Published:  2014
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX16573

Global mining giant Rio Tinto markets itself as a 'sustainable company'. But serious failures in its reporting, and its attempt to hold an Australian indigenous group to ransom, reveal a very different truth: the company is driven by a reckless pursuit of profit at any cost.

Subject Headings

• Aboriginal Rights/Resource Development
• Australia
• Indigenous Peoples & Mining
• Mining
• Mining/Environment
• Uranium Mining