Tag: Sam Walsh

Rio Tinto sells Kitimat wharf and land options to LNG Canada

  Rio Tinto has signed an option agreement with the LNG Canada project "to acquire or lease a wharf and associated land at its port facility" in Kitimat. A news release from Rio Tinto's head office in London says: "The agreement provides LNG Canada with a staged series of options payable against project milestones. The financial […]

Pension funds pressure Rio Tinto to dump out of controversial Alaska Pebble Mine

Rio Tinto says “it intends to undertake a strategic review” of its stake in the highly controversial Pebble Mine project near Bristol Bay, Alaska. In a news release, Rio Tinto says it is considering its future holdings in a Vancouver-based mining company named Northern Dynasty, which now is the main proponent of the copper and […]