Mongolia: Rio Tinto accused of environmental and human rights breaches

Guardian: Protesters from around the world attacked mining company Rio Tinto for a string for alleged environmental and human rights breaches during a fiery meeting with shareholders in London on Thursday. Native Mongolian herders claimed that a $5bn (£3.3bn) expansion of the company's Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in the Gobi desert threatened the fresh water supply of hundreds of nomadic people and the area's unique ecology. Sukhgerel Dugersuren, executive director of Mongolian civil society organisation......

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