BHP, Fortescue reject heritage ban
The miners say a moratorium on disturbing cultural heritage sites would disempower traditional owner groups.
Rio Tinto
Juukan debacle paints miners as evil: Calderon
Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia’s Pilbara has ‘damaged the entire industry’.
Next Rio chief has work cut out
Rio Tinto needs an external chief executive who can steady the miner’s performance, analysts suggest.
Credibility gap must be addressed: HESTA
Industry super fund HESTA has warned of an emerging credibility gap in corporate Australia, with Rio Tinto among the worst offenders.
Gorge jury chief ‘held Rio shares’
The chairman of the committee that gave Rio Tinto approval to destroy the Juukan Gorge caves held shares in the mining giant.
More pressure on Rio to focus on Australia
Rio Tinto remains under sustained pressure to restructure its corporate presence towards Australia.
Rio cops fallout of caves error
A balance must be struck between mining and social issues.
The revolt that led Rio Tinto to cave in
It took two weeks for Rio Tinto’s board to come to the conclusion the public had reached months ago: chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques must go.
Jacques was under pressure to maximise profits from iron ore
A few weeks after Jean-Sebastien Jacques took the top job at Rio Tinto he was thrown an unusual question.
Jacques out as Rio board buckles
Rio Tinto has launched an external search for a new chief executive.
Miner’s ‘crime’ just a routine event in WA
The Juukan Gorge caves were by no means the first ancient caves of the Pilbara to be lost to mining. And they won’t be the last.
Cave calamity caps CEO’s mixed legacy
It is no small irony that his reign at Rio ended with a last-ditch trip to the Pilbara to rescue his leadership of the company.
Miner’s management should come home
After 24 years of regular disasters under London control it’s time for Rio Tinto to return to Australia.
Flawed planning exposed in hunt for successor
It is a damning indictment of the Rio board that no clear successor to Jean-Sebastien Jacques is present within Rio’s ranks.
Rio has no real links with the Pilbara: Wyatt
The cull of senior Rio Tinto executives over the Juukan Gorge caves does nothing to address the key problem of a London-based company board with no connection.
Super giant demands review of Rio deals
Superannuation heavyweight HESTA has strengthened calls for an independent review of Rio Tinto’s agreements with traditional owners.
Once again, we’re being treated with contempt
Running a public company requires three basics — Rio Tinto failed all of them.
‘It was wrong’: Heads roll at Rio Tinto
The boss of Rio Tinto will leave the mining giant after it destroyed two 46,000-year-old caves that were hugely significant to the traditional landowners.
Rio fixes one problem, reveals another
By belatedly capitulating and fixing one leadership problem, Rio Tinto’s board has exposed another, also of its own making.
Rio Tinto CEO, execs step down
Rio Tinto’s Juukan Gorge catastrophe has claimed the scalps of chief executive Jean Sebastien Jacques, Chris Salisbury and Simone Niven.
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