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.

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

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.

Directors
Accessed June 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
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

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