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Article

13 Jul 2001

Author:
Danny Kennedy, Project Underground, CorpWatch website

Rio Tinto: Global Compact Violator - PT Kelian: A Case Study of Global Operations

In the third article in our series on Global Compact corporations, Danny Kennedy of Project Underground takes a look at Rio Tinto, the world's largest mining company. Just by looking at the company's practices at one mine in Indonesia over the last year, he finds evidence of brutal human rights and environmental violations.