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Rio Tinto, don’t dodge the questions
On 13 May, SOMO and seven other organisations that put questions to Rio Tinto at its London AGM on 8 April wrote an open letter to Rio Tinto’s Chief Executive Office, Jean-Sebastien Jacques, because the…
Open letter to Rio Tinto
SOMO and seven other NGOs have sent a joint letter to mining multinational Rio Tinto to formally complain about the lack of response to questions raised by shareholders and proxy attendees at the company’s Annual…
Rio Tinto Shareholders: your dividends are plundered bounty from Mongolia
How the IMF, the World Bank, the US and Rio Tinto undermine Mongolia
In this online story, SOMO and the Mongolian NGO OT Watch show how international corporate and diplomatic pressure over the past 30 years prevents Mongolia to profit from its own natural resources. The story is a follow…
Undermining Mongolia
Corporate hold over development trajectory
New research shows: Mongolia forced to give up control over its natural resources
New research by the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) and Oyu Tolgoi (OT) Watch shows how one of the world’s largest copper mines, Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia, was negotiated at the expense of…
Interview with Sukhgerel Dugersuren (OT Watch)
SOMO works in close collaboration with partners from all parts of the world. Through joint publications and lobbying, we strengthen the position of local organisations, encourage engagement and influence policymaking and companies. One of our…
Golden promises and unpaid bills
SOMO and Oyu Tolgoi Watch have published a report about how the mining giant Rio Tinto, and its Canadian subsidiary Turquoise Hill Resources, avoided nearly $470 million in Canadian taxes by using mailbox companies in…
Mining taxes
Rio Tinto’s tax schemes lead to nearly $700 million tax revenue losses for Canada and Mongolia
