Ranger may well be run to the highest standards...now. However it was not always the case [0]. I used to work for Western Mining Corp (early 90s), and am famil

Ranger may well be run to the highest standards...now. However it was not always the case [0]. I used to work for Western Mining Corp (early 90s), and am familiar with how 'patchy' adherence to environmental principles can be across a large organisation. I'm not implying malfeasance (or any other explicit cause). A few other instances where Rio's failed to hold itself (or its subsidiaries) to the highest standards: Lassing, Austria [1]; Panguna, PNG [2]. [0] http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=926 http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=926 [1] http://www.industriall-union.org/archive/icem/austrian-mine-disaster-rio-tinto-blamed http://www.industriall-union.org/archive/icem/austrian-mine-... [2] https://www.smh.com.au/world/billiondollar-mess-a-major-disaster-the-people-do-not-deserve-to-have-20160817-gquzli.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/billiondollar-mess-a-major-disa...