Rio Tinto
It's been confirmed: The plane with "Rio Tinto" staff members crashed; Six died
The accident took place in the Canadian Northwest Territories, Canadian authorities said.
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed multiple fatalities in Tuesday's crash. The jet belonged to the regional carrier "Northwestern Air" and came down only about 500 meters from the end of the runway at the Fort Smith Regional Airport.
Brnabic: Next government to decide on whether to relaunch Rio Tinto project
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Monday a Rio Tinto lithium mining project in Serbia had been stopped but that a decision on whether to relaunch it was now up to the next Serbian government.
Week in Review: Balkan Endeavours High and Low
Tony and Cherie
As former British Prime Ministers and their spouses go, the Blairs are a relatively well-known couple in the Balkans. As Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair was among the most vocal - and hawkish - faces of NATO's 1999 bombing of Serbia over Kosovo and remained engaged with the region thereafter.
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Bojana Novakovic: Stopping Rio Tinto in Serbia is ‘a Fight for Survival’
She is also known for her roles in Burning man, Edge of Darkness with Mel Gibson and many others, and for classics such as the Oscar-winning I Tonya and multiple Emmy-awarded series "Shameless" and "Westworld".
‘It’s [Not] Over’: The Past, and Present, of Lithium Mining in Serbia
Protesters block the E-75 highway in Belgrade, Serbia, 27 November 2021. Anti-government demonstrators blocked roads and bridges in Serbia to protest against new laws they say favor interests of foreign investors devastating the environment. EPA-EFE/ANDREJ CUKIC
First time lucky
Horrible report from Rio Tinto released: Harassment, rape, racism
"A report released by Rio Tinto outlined a culture of bullying, harassment and racism at the global mining giant, including 21 complaints of actual or attempted rape or sexual assault over the past five years", Reuters reports, adding that nearly half of all employees who responded to an external review of company's workplace culture commissioned by Rio said they had been bullied, while racism
Brnabic: That will not happen
Brnabic told Happy TV that it was "unbelievable" that the people from that initiative, who, as she stated, said they were in favor of legality and constitutionality, proposed something like that.
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Serbian Activists Doubt Govt’s Sincerity in Cancelling Lithium Mine
After Serbia's government on Wednesday revoked a key decree greenlighting Rio Tinto's controversial lithium mining project, activists said they did not trust government promises that the mining project is over for good, fearing what might happen after elections in April.
Brnabić: The end for Rio Tinto in Serbia, it's over
"We have the requests of environmental organizations. These are the requests that were submitted to the Government on January 12, 2022," the Prime Minister said at a press conference immediately after the government session.
At the final session, the Government Decree on the spatial plan was revoked, Brnabi pointed out.
Week in Review: Controversies and Compromises
Mining Games
Protesters are seen during a rally outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth, Australia, 09 June 2020, after it detonated explosives in an area of the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara, destroying two ancient deep-time rock shelters. Photo: PA-EFE/RICHARD WAINWRIGHT
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