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Landmark report uncovers human rights abuses at Rio Tinto gold mine in Bougainville, 35 years after closure
2 months, 1 week ago

Landmark report uncovers human rights abuses at Rio Tinto gold mine in Bougainville, 35 years after closure

ABC  

A large-scale study of social and environmental impacts from Rio Tinto's abandoned Panguna mine in Bougainville has found a plethora of actual and potential human rights violations, including risks to life. The Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment was initiated in the wake of a human rights complaint brought by The Human Rights Law Centre on behalf of about 170 Bougainvilleans …

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Indigenous group takes fight against Rio Tinto Arizona copper mine to US Supreme Court
3 months, 1 week ago

Indigenous group takes fight against Rio Tinto Arizona copper mine to US Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

By Ernest Scheyder Indigenous group takes fight against Rio Tinto Arizona copper mine to US Supreme Court Sept 11 - A Native American group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block Rio Tinto and BHP from gaining access to Arizona land needed to build one of the world's largest copper mines, a last-ditch legal move in a long-running …

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Bougainville's destructive goldmine could also be its $90 billion key to independence
1 year, 6 months ago

Bougainville's destructive goldmine could also be its $90 billion key to independence

ABC  

While Bougainville's Panguna mine was abandoned decades ago, mining has not stopped in the area. "All our sources where we used to get clean drinking water, it's been polluted by the mine, by the tailings," she said. But The Human Rights Law Centre's Keren Adams said, on the ground, there was a "sense of frustration that things aren't moving towards …

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Serbia moves to defuse protests over Rio Tinto lithium mine
3 years ago

Serbia moves to defuse protests over Rio Tinto lithium mine

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Trying to defuse large protests by environmentalists, Serbia’s populist government decided Wednesday to suspend two key laws that would help mining giant Rio Tinto launch a lithium mine in western Serbia. For two consecutive weekends, thousands of protesters in Belgrade and other Serbian towns have blocked main roads and bridges to decry the planned lithium mine despite …

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Environmentalists secure water rights for Great Salt Lake
3 years, 2 months ago

Environmentalists secure water rights for Great Salt Lake

Associated Press  

FARMINGTON, Utah — In an effort to help save the shrinking Great Salt Lake, environmentalists are attempting a novel idea: securing water rights for a terminal system. Legally speaking, the lake is considered to have “no beneficial use” because it’s a terminal system — water that enters the Great Salt Lake ends there. “Water rights are a complicated issue, so …

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BHP tells parliamentary inquiry it was granted approval to destroy Aboriginal heritage sites in the Pilbara
4 years, 3 months ago

BHP tells parliamentary inquiry it was granted approval to destroy Aboriginal heritage sites in the Pilbara

ABC  

Mining giant BHP has conceded it submitted an application to destroy Aboriginal heritage sites at its $5 billion South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, despite opposition from local traditional owners. Key points: A parliamentary inquiry is examining the destruction of Indigenous sites It was prompted by Rio Tinto's decision to blast ancient rock shelters BHP is the second …

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