costs and more financial expenditure. e.g. Google use diverted sewer water to cool the plant‚ instead of drinking water. - Desalination is required in most aspects of mining industry‚ which is most visible water cost business sector. e.g. GHP Billiton Rio Tinto claims its desalination scheme which will reduce the use of fragile local water supplies. - Peter barbecue‚ chairman of Nestle states that our wrong water-management decisions cause current water crisis. One reason is water receives less attention
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Assignment SM 0376 Doing Business in Europe‚ Asia & the Americas Rio Tinto / BHP List of Reference (Dec 22 / 23‚ 2010) Question 1 1a – Key Reference 1. Johnson‚ G.‚ Scholes‚ K. and Whittington‚ R. (2008)‚ Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases‚ 8th Edn. Edinburgh: Pearson.(pp 54-67) 1b - Key Reference 1. CKR: Chapter 14‚ page 392 – 418; 2. Stonehouse‚ G.‚ Campbell‚ D.‚ Hamil‚ J. & Purdie‚ T. (2004)‚ Global and Transnational Business – Strategy and Management‚ 2nd
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of Sao Paulo) found the Catuga natives on their slaving expeditions wearing gold ornaments. They then wanted what the natives had and greed ensued. The Catuga then had to show the paulistas where the gold nuggets were located‚ which was northwest of Rio de Janeiro‚ in the streams of the highlands. Soon after‚ more paulistas moved to these areas in search for gold. Portugal heard of gold being found in Brazil and many of them also ventured out to Brazil in search for gold. By 1710 there were more white
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part of Mongolia and it is called Oyu Tolgoi mine (Oyu-Tolgoi (copper-gold)‚ Mongolia). In August 8th they decided to change their name to Turquoise Hills Resources from Ivanhoe Mines because of a financial agreement they made with the mining giant Rio Tinto (“Ivanhoe Mines Change Name to Turquoise Hills Resources”). Many people predict that Oyu Tolgoi will be the next mining boom (“Boom in Mongolia”). Canada’s assets
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traditional Brazilian musical style that influenced the creation of Samba is that of Batuque. Batuque was a traditional music and dance style that was born in Cape Verde. Samba is primarily found in Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil‚ especially in Rio de Janeiro where the modern style was born. The samba that is known today in played in two and incorporates a variety of string instruments such as the guitar as well as an array of percussion instruments such as the tamborim which is a drum ranging
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1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 BHP Billiton Company Background BHP Billiton Limited was founded in the year 2001 as a merger between Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company and the Anglo-Dutch Billiton Plc. BHP Billiton is a dual listed company and well known as the leading global resources and the largest mining company in the world measured from its revenue. The headquarters is in Melbourne‚ Australia and a major management office in London‚ UK. They have more than 100‚000 employees and contractors
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Whether it means putting up fences or just keeping them in a distance from the others. These people are being treated like animals‚ forced to live in flooded areas on top of one another. The favelas in Rio De Janeiro are very similar to the shanty towns in Jakarta‚ Indonesia. The Favelas in Rio De Janeiro lie beneath the beautiful part of Brazil. Some of the old famous favelas where made of a mixture of sand and clay. Then eventually they where made of wood‚ brick and sheet metal. The first favelas
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Introduction Rio Tinto group is the multinational mining company. Their majority products are Aluminum‚ Copper‚ Diamond &Mineral‚ Energy‚ Iron Ore to sell for bored range of industries. Rio Tinto Japan is a liaison office contact with headquarters and they are buy-sell operation in Japan‚ they sell majority product in Japan for many industries‚ customers are based in Japan. (Rio Tinto‚ 2013) 2.0 Issues In 2011‚ Japan had a strong earthquake direct damage to the Tokyo city where Rio Tinto Japan
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My favorite Advertisement’s name is ‘’ Tokyo Dancing Hotel’’ ‚ for the drink Lipton Ice Tea. Ironically‚ it wasn’t shot in Tokyo‚ but in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil. It stars the actor Hugh Jackman‚ who is known for his role on the ‘’X-Men’’ series as Wolverine and in the ‘Van Helsing Movie’ as the main role. In this ad‚ the only thing you see him doing is basically dancing. Hugh Jackman plays a man who seems a little tired‚ run out‚ and who’s in a place where he doesn’t have anyone around him that he
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Report for the Iron Ore Mining Investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo To: The Board of Directors of Rio Tinto From: Senior Analyst Date: 05.05.2010 Content 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Introduction 4 3. Discussion 5 4.1. Economic Risk Assessment 5 4.2. Sources of Financing 8 4.3. Repatriation Issues 11 4.4. Strategies for Expropriation situations 15 4. Conclusion 18 5. Appendices
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