by the London Mining Network’s Richard Solly and filmmaker Susi Arnott:
Video of Rio Tinto’s Annual Meeting
April 27, 2011
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Kennecott Has a Sordid History
April 26, 2011An opinion article by Marquette resident John Scram . . .
Rio Tinto, Kennecott’s parent company, has the attention of the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council.) The NRDC is protesting the Pebble mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay.
The NRDC describes Rio Tinto as a London-based mining conglomerate that has left a trail of toxic contamination from Indonesia to Utah. In 1996, a dam failed at the Porco mine in Bolivia where Rio Tinto had a significant interest. A Belgian scientist working in the region reports the rivers are totally dead. Read the rest of this entry »
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Michigan DEQ-Turned Rio Tinto Employee Talks About Clean Water
January 28, 2011Kristen Mariuzza, who worked for the Michigan DEQ, reviewed Rio Tinto’s wastewater treatment plans, and signed off on them, began working for the company shortly after approving their plan. Here, in this TV6 PR piece on Rio “right on schedule” Tinto, Mariuzza explains the plan she approved and now works on will protect water quality.
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Marquette County Officials Discuss Plan to Build Rio Tinto’s Ore Hauling Road
January 28, 2011from Headwaters:
Yesterday, some local elected officials met with the Marquette County Road Commission to discuss whether or not to move forward on Rio Tinto’s County Road 595/Woodland Road ore hauling project. The meeting was closed to the public. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rio Tinto Responds to Questions on Ore Hauling Plan
January 28, 2011from Headwaters:
Following reporting by Headwaters that Rio Tinto’s original ore hauling transportation route for its Eagle Mine called for the company to access existing rail networks and avoiding trucking transportation through city streets, the company now has a response. Read the rest of this entry »
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Elected Officials Ask Commission to Consider Rail Option for Rio Tinto Hauling Plan
January 25, 2011Marquette County road commissioners were told tonight that Rio Tinto’s currently-approved and original ore hauling plan does not involve heavy truck traffic through Marquette, but instead delivery to the LS&I rail line, northwest of Marquette, that avoids heavy truck traffic through the streets of Marquette, Negaunee and Ishpeming.
“I don’t understand why the road and some of the transportation issues that are being raised now were not raised when Kennecott first put in their mine transportation application initially, and which was amproved,” said County Commissioner Mike Quayle, reading from a personal statement. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mining Road Plan Must Have Public Priorities, Not Rio Tinto Profits, in Mind
January 24, 2011Editorial from Headwaters on the Rio Tinto ore hauling controversy:
Last week Rio Tinto announced plans to drop its pursuit of the 22-mile 595/Woodland Road to haul ore from its Eagle Mine to the Humboldt Mill, in Marquette County. The company’s project director, Andrew Ware, claimed Rio Tinto will now “move forward with the originally designated route” and drive through the city streets of Marquette.
Problem is, Rio Tinto doesn’t really have an approved route to do so. Read the rest of this entry »
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Calling Kennecott’s Haul Road Bluff
January 24, 2011I’d like to call Kennecott’s bluff.
It’s likely Kennecott isn’t even fully considering the “new” haul route through Marquette. It’s more likely a red herring – a manipulation to try to force public sentiment back the other way – to get the original road–595–approved while skirting around the law and not sharing all of the alternatives with the public.
Why bluff? Well, for the same reasons you might in a game of poker, to provoke a fold by an opponent who holds a better hand. Kennecott is trying to use the “new” route to get locals to argue their case for them. Third party advocacy is preferable to direct corporate advocacy, especially when it has the potential to help eliminate federal involvement. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rio Tinto Tries to Avoid Federal Oversight with Eagle Mine Plan
March 2, 2010Rio Tinto (Kennecott’s parent company) has come to appreciate the ease that comes with securing permits through the State of Michigan, rather than the federal government. Now, with state regulatory departments combining to form the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the company is likely to get what it wants more quickly in order to try opening the Eagle Mine this year.
From an article by the AP‘s John Flesher:
A company preparing to build a nickel and copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wants to change its wastewater treatment system in a way that could negate the requirement for a federal permit, officials said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Video: Hearing on Rio Tinto’s Michigan Haul Road
February 11, 2010
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