Asia

Rio Tinto Dirties Its Reputation – Pension Fund Divests

Australia’s Mineral Policy Institute (MPI) queries the credibility of the mining industry after mining giant, Rio Tinto, defend their involvement in the practice of riverine tailings disposal as 'exemplary'. Large sovereign wealth group divests from Rio Tinto    more»

Renewed calls for Lafayette’s Rapu Rapu mine to be permanently halted - major fish kill renews fears of mine contamination.

Troubled miner Lafayette is the subject of local protests with reports of over a thousand locals from Rapu Rapu island holding protests outside the offices of the municipal government today. The discovery of a massive fish kills three days ago after heavy rains on the island has led to renewed calls for the closure of Lafayette’s Rapu Rapu mine- with fears that mine contamination is to blame for the latest incident.    more»

Rapu Rapu Island Elder Brings Message to Australia for Lafayette Mining Company to stop its destructive operation

Manoy Tony, an elder from the remote Rapu Rapu island has made his way to Melbourne to ask Australian mining company Lafayette to stop its destructive operation on his small island home.    more»

Human rights groups and mining watchdogs call for immediate ban on waste

Australian, Canadian and US mining companies that persist in dumping billions of tonnes of toxic heavy metals such as mercury and lead into the rivers and oceans of some of the world’s poorest countries are causing irreversible environmental damage as well as driving human poverty. This warning was issued by a coalition of human rights groups and mining watchdogs as mining ministers from the Asia-Pacific gather in Perth this week for a summit.    more»