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Mining is, by definition, a dangerous business, and companies with operations as vast as Rio Tinto's will make mistakes.

Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

Our purpose in London was to urge Rio Tinto's management and board to end the company's participation in the Pebble Mine project -- just as Mitsubishi Corporation had ended is participation in February -- because we consider it to be, from an environmental and an economic perspective, one of the worst proposals for development anywhere in the world today.

Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

At the shareholder meeting itself, after Kimberly and I addressed the company's board, both Rio Tinto's Albanese and the Board Chairman Jan du Plessis thanked us for coming, acknowledged the seriousness of our concerns, and invited further dialogue.

Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

"Rio Tinto: Talk is cheap," the headline read, then cautioning Rio Tinto's shareholders to "watch what Rio Tinto does, not what it says."

Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

"Rio Tinto: Talk is cheap," the headline read, then cautioning Rio Tinto's shareholders to "watch what Rio Tinto does, not what it says."

Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

Our purpose in London was to urge Rio Tinto's management and board to end the company's participation in the Pebble Mine project -- just as Mitsubishi Corporation had ended is participation in February -- because we consider it to be, from an environmental and an economic perspective, one of the worst proposals for development anywhere in the world today.

Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi project in the South Gobi Desert is expected to yield 1.2 billion metric tons of copper and 650,000 ounces of gold a year in its first 10 years, as well as silver and other metals.

Rio Tinto Sponsors Mongolian Olympic Team Kris Maher 2011

Meanwhile, a Tata Steel Ltd. official said the Indian company hasn't changed its decision to retain its stake in Riversdale despite Rio Tinto's taking control.

Rio Tinto Assumes Control of Riversdale Robb M. Stewart 2011

The medals' metals will come from Oyu Tolgoi, as well as from Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper operation in the U.S. The gold and silver medals are mostly made of silver; the bronze is largely copper.

Rio Tinto Sponsors Mongolian Olympic Team Kris Maher 2011

At the shareholder meeting itself, after Kimberly and I addressed the company's board, both Rio Tinto's Albanese and the Board Chairman Jan du Plessis thanked us for coming, acknowledged the seriousness of our concerns, and invited further dialogue.

Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011