Rio Tinto

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the hunt for a missing radioactive capsule from a Rio Tinto mine in the Pilbara that's about the size of a pea. Racial tensions are… Audio

The mining giant Rio Tinto has told a Bougainvillean group it should have made an earlier assessment of the damage their mine at Panguna had caused. Audio

A small environmental group has taken on Rio Tinto, the biggest mining company in the world. Through court mediation, a deal has been reached to get rid of toxic waste stored at a disused paper mill… Audio

Rio Tinto is closing its Tiwai Point smelter, with the loss of about one thousand jobs.

The smelter at Bluff will be wound down and closed next year as a result of a strategic review by its majority… Audio

Mining giant Rio Tinto says it's winding down its aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point. Kathryn talks to Invercargill mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt. Audio

Mining giant Rio Tinto says it's winding down its aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point. Kathryn talks to Stew Hamilton, the smelter's general manager and RNZ's business reporter Andrew McRae. Audio

Rio Tinto should take responsibility for its failings at Bougainville's Panguna mine, which was at the centre of the region's 10 year civil war, an academic says. Audio

How real is the threat to close the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, with the loss of 1000 jobs?  Audio

Are the regulations that test steel imports for large public and private projects tough enough? Over the past few months RNZ news has reported serious concerns over steel quality used in some major… Audio