Rio boss to meet caves’ owners
Rio Tinto chief Jean-Sebastien Jacques is prepared to explore potential financial compensation to the PKKP as he revisits the Pilbara.
Rio Tinto
We expect more, funds warn miners
Institutional investors have taken aim at the resources sector in the wake of Rio Tinto’s Juukan Gorge disaster.
Try again: Big super heavies Rio over Juukan
Australia’s biggest super fund has told Rio Tinto its penalties for the Juukan Gorge blast “fall significantly short” of appropriate and need a rethink.
From lift to let-down, but it’s settled now
National Australia Bank and Rio Tinto director Simon McKeon has one less source of aggravation in his life.
Rio chairman stands by his man
When you’re running operations that last for decades, decisions made 10 years ago often haunt the current operator.
Rio CEO loses $5bn bonus over Juukan blast
Rio Tinto’s CEO to forfeit about $5m over destruction of priceless archaeological site, but he’ll still lead the miner’s response.
A tale of two corporate disasters
Two household-name companies, Rio Tinto and AMP, two corporate governance nightmares, two different reactions.
Rio Tinto responds to cave destruction
Mining giant Rio Tinto says the destruction of 46,000-year-old Aboriginal rock shelters in WA was the result of systems flaws, omissions and poor decision-making.
Heritage reform ‘won’t fix 30-year injustice’
A Pilbara native title group has said WA’s proposed new heritage laws may not rectify an injustice created nearly 30 years ago.
Don’t duplicate laws, Rio inquiry urged
Rio Tinto’s biggest iron ore rivals have argued against the unnecessary duplication of federal and state regulations.
Juukan Gorge will haunt mining sector for a decade
The action taken by Rio Tinto has opened the entire industry to regulatory constraints and industrial blackmail.
Rio ‘didn’t follow old systems’
It goes without saying that the man who ran Rio Tinto from 1997 to 2000 wants the company to apologise to local landowners.
Rio in Pilbara royalties scandal
Rio Tinto in dispute with second group of native title owners over Pilbara iron ore mine.
ASX slips 0.6pc after Trump order
Rio shares closed down 3pc after the first round of its cave blast inquiry, while the RBA board says the recovery is slower than first thought.
When dust settles the buck stops with bosses
The eight million tonnes of iron ore Rio Tinto stood to collect from Juukan Gorge represents 0.03 per cent of its Pilbara iron ore resources.
Rio eyed $135m in ore as caves destroyed
Rio’s decision to destroy the ancient Juukan Gorge caves allowed it to access iron ore worth $U135m, its chief executive says.
Miner’s $135m call to destroy sacred site
Mining giant Rio Tinto has admitted it knew about the huge cultural significance of sacred caves in WA before it destroyed them.
Rio ‘holds all cards’ in Indigenous dealings
An Indigenous group says more than 700 of its heritage sites in the Pilbara have been destroyed or impacted by mining.
Rio chief’s head must roll over the heritage cave disgrace
The real question is how is Jacques still in the job nearly three months after the tragedy?
Super members ‘bear cost of cave destruction’
Superannuation heavyweight HESTA says it and other investors will ultimately pay the cost of Rio Tinto’s damaged licence to operate.
Caves could have been saved: Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto had three options to avoid destroying the Juukan Gorge caves, which showed traces of human habitation dating back 46,000 years.
Reviewed law to halt future caves blast
Aboriginal groups will have a far greater say over their land under an overhaul of the legislation that allowed Rio Tinto to detonate ancient caves.
Monadelphous faces $500m Rio suit
Rio Tinto has launched a legal bid to recover $500m it says it lost in iron ore shipments after a fire at its port in 2019.
African ore to test Pilbara’s reserve
A mountain of Chinese money is about to change the dynamics of the iron market.
Keating, the UK plot and how Rio was lost
This week I suggested London’s control of Rio Tinto was down to an error by Paul Keating. Naturally, I got a phone call.
Indigenous blast apology kickstarts transparent change
Rio Tinto ‘absolutely’ committed to being transparent about why and how it blew up an Indigenous heritage site.
Iron ore boom secures dividend at Rio Tinto
Mining major Rio Tinto says business is in good shape but aluminium assets are ‘on thin ice’.
Is Rio China’s iron warrior?
Rio Tinto now looks like being a long-term leader in the Chinese thrust to lessen dependence on Australia.
Alarm as Rio shuts NZ smelter Alarm as Rio shuts NZ aluminium smelter
A thousand jobs will go after Rio Tinto said New Zealand’s sole aluminium smelter is not viable and will close by next year.
Rio’s Jacques shakes up ELT
Rio Tinto boss Jean Sebastien Jacques has reshuffled his executive leadership team, promoting a rising star to his inner circle.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/topics/rio-tinto/page/19