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Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Goldcorp, Gold Fields, Hydro, JX Nippon Mining and Metals, Lonmin, Minerals and Metals Group, Mitsubishi Materials, Newmont, Rio Tinto, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Teck, Vale, and Xstrata.

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... have implemented human rights policies, managed the exposures and provided reporting on the subject - he pointed to Rio Tinto, ANZ, Fosters and BHP Billiton as positive examples. In general, miners, the finance sector and consumer staples have the highest ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... from fugitive emissions in the coal sector," the ICMM briefing states. "A number of mining firms including Xstrata, Rio Tinto, Centennial, Anglo American, and BHP Billiton are already investing significant funds in the development of these new abatement ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... levels. Michael Salvatico According to MSCI's analysis, Alcoa and BHP Billiton would see EBITA reductions of -0.9%, Rio Tinto would see EBITA cut 0.8% and Norsk Hydro would see a benefit of 0.1%. But the research concludes that steelmakers would see ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... companies and 31 national and regional mining associations and global commodity associations. Members include BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, and Australia-based Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), which is owned by Hong-Kong based Minmetals Resources Limited ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Rio Tinto reported falling injury frequency rates, a year-on-year uptick in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity and a 40 per cent increase in community contributions against a backdrop of record US$14bn in underlying earnings and falling debt in ...

Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines last year, according to the ICCM's annual review. BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), an unlisted company based in Australia, are members of ICCM and all three provided ESG ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability reporting of 10 companies - ANZ, BHP Billiton, BlueScope Steel, Coca-Cola Amatil, Foster's, NAB, Orica, Rio Tinto, Wesfarmers and Woolworths. All were found to fall short of meeting the information needs of stakeholders in their sustainability ...