July 27, 2021

CEO of Aboriginal group whose rock shelters Rio Tinto destroyed steps down

Carol Meredith will leave the role in September to spend more time with family overseas and the search for a new chief executive is underway.

June 24, 2021

W. Australia says Aboriginal groups will be at centre of new heritage laws

Western Australia has been redrafting its 50-year-old heritage laws which currently give the minister the ultimate say in whether miners can destroy heritage sites.

June 22, 2021

Australian Aboriginal opposition mounts to new state heritage laws

Western Australia has been redrafting its 50-year-old heritage laws which give the state Aboriginal Affairs minister the ultimate say in whether miners can destroy heritage sites.

June 3, 2021

Rio Tinto appoints Aboriginal Australian former minister to board

Company strives to rebuild its reputation following last year's destruction of the Juukan Gorge rockshelters.

May 18, 2021

Aboriginal group seeks to strengthen ties with Rio a year after cave destruction

Rio Tinto destroyed 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia in May 2020 against the wishes of the traditional owners.

May 6, 2021

Rio Tinto shareholders reject former CEO’s exit package

More than 60% of the votes cast at Rio's annual meetings in London and Sydney were against Jean-Sébastien Jacques' exit package.

April 21, 2021

Chile environment court questions Norte Abierto mine impact on indigenous neighbors

The Norte Abierto complex was previously approved in 2019 following the submission of an Environmental Impact Statement.

April 20, 2021

Australia’s NSW government to buy out China Shenhua coal mine permit

Farmers have opposed the mine since it would be on prime agricultural land that could impact the region's water table and local Aboriginal people are against the development because it…

April 19, 2021

Timeline – Rio Tinto’s 26-year struggle to launch Arizona’s Resolution copper project

The company and minority partner BHP have spent $2 billion but have yet to produce any copper.

April 9, 2021

Ecuador holds election closely watched by global miners

Leftist Andrés Arauz and right-wing Guillermo Lasso have both vowed to continue promoting the oil and mining sectors, but their approach would be quite different.