Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto (formerly Rio Tinto Zinc) is one of the world's largest mining companies. It is a dual listed company registered in both the United Kingom and Australia.

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Case Studies

• Rio Tinto and the FTSE4Good Index
• Rio Tinto's uranium mining interests
• Rio Tinto's coal interests
• Rio Tinto's Mine of the Future project

Mining interests

Coal Mines

In October 2010, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh officially opened the $1.3 billion Clermont coal mine in Central Queensland. Rio Tinto's new thermal coal mine near is expected to increase production to 12 million tonnes of coal a year by 2013. The mine is already operating on a lower output after construction began two years ago, and a mine life of 17 years is expected.

Rio Tinto has a 70% share in Zar Kuh Mining Company.

Personnel

Board of Directors (2021)

• Simon Thompson, Jakob Stausholm, Megan Clark , Hinda Gharbi, Simon Henry, Sam Laidlaw, Michael L'Estrange , Simon McKeon, Jennifer Nason, Ngaire Woods

Directors (2009)

Chairman and executive directors

• Jan du Plessis - Chairman
• Tom Albanese - Chief executive, London
• Guy Elliott - Finance director, London

Non executive directors

• Sir David Clementi, Vivienne Cox, Sir Rod Eddington, Michael Fitzpatrick (Australia), Yves Fortier, *Richard Goodmanson, Andrew Gould, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, David Mayhew, Paul Tellier

Executive committee (2009)

Accessed June 2009:

• Grant Thorne - Group executive Technology and Innovation
• Hugo Bague - Group executive People and Organisation
• Debra Valentine - Group executive Legal and External Affairs
• Preston Chiaro - Chief executive Energy, London
• Bret Clayton - Chief executive Copper, London
• Sam Walsh - Chief executive Iron Ore, Perth
• Jacynthe Cote - Chief executive Rio Tinto Alcan, Montreal

Other Personnel

• Stephen Crease is the Managing Director of Rio Tinto Australia.
• Phillip Strachan, Chief Financial Officer

Other affiliations

• Rio Tinto are working in partnership with the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.

• Member, Ash Development Association of Australia, a lobby group promoting the use of ash from coal-fired power stations in building materials and other uses.

Contact details

Rio Tinto plc
6 St James's Square
London SW1Y 4LD
United Kingdom
t: +44 (0) 20 7930 2399

Rio Tinto Limited
55 Collins Street
Melbourne 3001
Australia
t: +61 (0) 3 9283 3333
Web:http://www.riotinto.com

Resources and articles

Critical Resources

• Richard West, River of Tears: The Rise of the Rio Tinto-Zinc Mining Corporation (Earth Island Ltd, 1972).
• Roger Moody, PLUNDER!: The Story of Rio Tinto Zinc (Partizans, 1992).
• ICEM, "Rio Tinto - Behind the Facade", ICEM, May 1999.
• Anna Pha, "Contribution by the Communist Party of Australia", Central Committee Secretariat, Communist Party of Australia; International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties, Athens, June 23-25, 2000.
• Sue Boland, "Rio Tinto: founded on blood", Green Left Weekly, September 6, 2000.
• Danny Kennedy, "Rio Tinto: Global Compact Violator - PT Kelian: A Case Study of Global Operations", Project Underground, July 13, 2001.
• Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI), Undermining Indonesia: Adverse social and environmental impacts of Rio Tinto's mining operations in Indonesia (WALHI, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2003).
• Jane Perlez and Raymond Bonner, "Freeport-Rio Tinto: Gold's other price", New York Times, December 28, 2005.
• Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI), The Environmental Impacts of Freeport-Rio Tinto's Copper and Gold Mining Operation in Papua (WALHI, Jakarta. 2006).
• "War Profiteer of the Month: Rio Tinto Alcan", War Resisters International, December 1, 2007.
• "Rio Tinto axe sparks divestment call", War on Want, September 10, 2008.
• Gabriel Caplett, “Rio Tinto: Investing in Instability,” Northwoods Wilderness Recovery, March 2008.
• Michael Barker, "Dreams of Social Responsibility: Rio Tinto, Capitalism, and Indigenous Rights", Swans Commentary, June 15, 2009.
• CFMEU Rio Tinto Campaign Page

Critical Films

• David Bradbury, “Jabiluka” (1997).

Related Sourcewatch articles

• Coal companies statements on climate change science
• People against Rio Tinto and its Subsidiaries
• Rio Tinto Aboriginal Fund and the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund
• Kennecott Minerals
• Global Compact
• Hydrogen Energy
• Hydrogen Energy California
• Minerals Council of Australia
• Uranium Information Centre
• Leigh Clifford - former chief executive
• Ian Strachan - former Deputy Chief Executive (1991 to 1995) and Chief Financial Officer (1987 to 1991)
• Corporate market share of global coal export trade
• Kalahari Minerals
• Argyle Diamonds
• Paul Skinner - former chair
• Dick Evans (Australia) - Executive director & Chief executive, Rio Tinto Alcan, Montreal
• Richard Sykes, Sir Martin Jacomb, Lord Tugendhat , - former board members
• Energy Resources of Australia
• Charlie Lenegan

External links

• Mark Skulley, "Rio Tinto targets right to strike in workplace law", Australian Financial Review, November 11, 2005. (Sub req'd).
• Jane Perlez and Raymond Bonner, "The Cost of Gold: The Hidden Payroll: Below a Mountain of Wealth, a River of Waste", New York Times, December 27, 2005.
• Jamie Freed, "Rio Tinto tarred with Freeport brush", Sydney Morning Herald, December 29, 2005.
• Jamie Freed, "Rare fauna threatens Rio mine", Sydney Morning Herald, March 29, 2007.
• ""Undermining Indonesia: Adverse social and environmental impacts of Rio Tinto's mining operations in Indonesia"
• James Goodman (2004), 'Australia and Beyond: Targeting Rio Tinto' in Munck R (eds), Labour and Globalisation: Results and Prospects, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 105-127.
• James Vassilopoulos, "Rio Tinto: the world's worst company?", Green Left Weekly, December 3, 1997.

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