Do they really look like this ?

[tomferry]

Do these people really work in there ? They look far to clean & how they are lined up seems very put on !

Rio Tinto Raises Bid for Turquoise Hill to $3.1 Billion

Rio Tinto Group increased its offer to buy out Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. to $3.1 billion as it moves to gain more control of a giant copper mine in Mongolia.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[mikem]

Probably, because it's currently opencast, so they are mostly driving Tonka toys & appear to have just got off the coach... (also it's a publicity shot)

Rio Tinto facing up to $1.9 capex overrun, up to 30 month delay in Oyu Tolgoi copper mine project

Rio Tinto advised that it now expects that the development capital spend for the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine project in Mongolia will range from $6.5 billion to $7.2 billion—an increase of $1.2 billion to $1.9 billion from the $5.3 billion previously disclosed. Rio Tinto plans to have Oyu Tolgoi...

www.greencarcongress.com

 

[Cantclimbtom]

Publicity pics!
Remember when you walk into some high street fast food place after the pub closes and they have a sign above the counter showing big chunky juicy looking burgers but when you buy it and look in the bag it's all thin, damp and floppy.
The real mine workers are all standing behind the camera, looking haggard and underpaid