Rio Tinto shareholders in record £6.6bn half-year dividend

Rio Tinto shareholders in record £6.6bn half-year dividend after China’s demand for iron ore sends profits soaring By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 17:06 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 17:24 EDT, 28 July 2021 Rio Tinto will hand shareholders a record £6.6billion half-year dividend after China’s demand for iron ore sent profits … Read more

Rio Tinto penalties for fatalities at its mines are ‘too lenient’

Rio Tinto warned by shareholder advisers that boardroom penalties for fatalities at its mines are too lenient By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 3 April 2021 Rio Tinto has been warned by shareholder advisers that boardroom penalties for fatalities at its mines are too … Read more

Rio Tinto chief paid £7m despite caves blast row

Rio Tinto’s ousted boss given 20% pay rise last year – and could get millions more, despite losing job after miner destroyed sacred Aboriginal caves By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: 22:19 GMT, 22 February 2021 Bumper pay: Jean-Sebastien Jacques made £7.2m in 2020 Rio Tinto’s … Read more

Rio Tinto to pay a record £6.5bn amid global mining boom

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

Protesters warn Rio Tinto wants to destroy sacred Native American site

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 two Aboriginal rock shelters it blew up

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 boss after Aboriginal caves debacle

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

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 Jean-Sebastien Jacques quits after destruction of Aboriginal site

Rio Tinto bosses sensationally QUIT after mining giant destroyed an Aboriginal sacred site dating back 46,000 years Rio Tinto boss Jean-Sebastien Jacques quits after destruction of Aboriginal site   Chris Salisbury and corporate relations manager Simone Niven both quit Resignations are due to destruction of Aboriginal site dating back 46,000 years ‘What happened at Juukan was wrong,’ … Read more

Rio Tinto boss expected to be shown the door following crisis talks

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