Eco-Terrorism : Freeport Mining
REPORT ON THE LONDON AGM OF RIO TINTO, 15 APRIL 2010
Introduction
This was Jan du Plessis’ first AGM as Chairman, and he gave plenty of time for questions on the annual report. There were numerous questions on the convictions of Rio Tinto officials in China for bribery (see Rio accused of abandoning Stern Hu, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/16/2874320.htm), on the clash of timing of the Rio Tinto AGM with the BP AGM, on executive pay and on the proposed Joint Venture with BHP Billiton on iron ore in Western Australia. One question was asked about the nature of the housing construction market in China, so important to Rio Tinto’s profits.
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Apr 21, 2010, 15:18

Eco-Terrorism : Freeport Mining
Violence plagues Indonesia's restive province
By Peter Gelling - GlobalPost
Published: September 9, 2009 11:24 ET
Updated: September 9, 2009 11:29 ET

In West Papua, US company Freeport-McMoran is in the cross-hairs.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a military convoy traveling along a road leading to the American-owned Freeport-McMoran Gold and Copper mine in Indonesia’s restive West Papua province Wednesday, the latest in a series of shootouts that have rocked the area since July. [ Visit Website ]
Sep 12, 2009, 16:47