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Rio Tinto to pay largest dividend in its 148-year history: Investors set for a record £6.5bn windfall amid global mining boom By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:05 GMT, 17 February 2021 RioTinto will hand investors the largest dividend in its 148-year history as it cashes … Read more
The new boss of Rio Tinto is under pressure to scrap controversial plans for a mine in Arizona that would destroy an area sacred to Native Americans. Campaigners warn it could be a repeat of a scandal in Australia that threw the firm into crisis. Rio sparked global outrage after it blew up two 46,000-year-old … Read more
Rio Tinto ordered to rebuild the two Aboriginal rock shelters it blew up in and pay compensation By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 December 2020 Australian politicians slammed Rio Tinto’s ‘inexcusable’ destruction of two 46,000-year-old rock shelters in Western Australia Rio Tinto has … Read more
Rio Tinto urged to hire Australian chief exec after after destruction of 46,000-year-old Aboriginal cave site By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 14 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 September 2020 Australian politicians are putting pressure on Rio Tinto to appoint someone from the country as its next chief executive, … Read more
Shamed Rio Tinto boss axed in Aboriginal mining scandal: But he’s likely to scoop millions in pay and bonuses By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 11 September 2020 The shamed boss of Rio Tinto could be paid more than £3,000 a day for another … Read more
Rio Tinto boss expected to be shown the door following crisis talks over destruction of Aboriginal cave shelters By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 10 September 2020 Firing line: Rio Tinto boss Jean-Sebastien Jacques Rio Tinto boss Jean-Sebastien Jacques looks set to face the … Read more
Calls for Rio Tinto boss to be sacked following firm’s destruction of two 46,000-year-old Aboriginal cave shelters to make way for iron ore mine By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 9 September 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 9 September 2020 The future of the boss of Rio Tinto was hanging in … Read more
Rio Tinto is no stranger to ethical problems. It currently is involved in tussles from the Gobi desert in Mongolia to Guinea in Africa, where it has been embroiled in bribery allegations. Given this torrid recent history one might have expected chairman Simon Thompson to have taken the protests from big Australian and UK investor … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Rift between chairman Simon Thompson and two of Rio Tinto’s most powerful independent directors presages a bumpy ride ahead By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:57 BST, 4 September 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 4 September 2020 When Rio Tinto slashed the financial rewards of key executives last month over the … Read more
Rio Tinto cutting bonuses of three senior executives by almost £4m following destruction of Aboriginal site – but they will still keep their jobs By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:08 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 24 August 2020 The world’s biggest iron ore miner is cutting the bonuses of … Read more