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Looks like the stadium will be named Rio Tinto Field:

RIOTINTOFIELD.COM

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Rio Tinto...

Quick Google search on that and it came up with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tinto_Group

What the hell is Rio Tinto? We dont even have a river much less a colored one.... Is it a mexican drink or something? A mexican restaurant I dont know about?

Nevermind...I should read your link first. This could be true. Someone told me a few days ago that it was going to be something connected with Kennecott. Great to hear we are so environmentally concerned here in UT with our stadiums. hahaha. Can I wear one of those suits the ppl that clean up all the waste from the mines wear? I just have no words how I feel about this... WTF

Maybe more mexicans will show up. Just dont drink the water!

So now we have the Energy Solution Arena and the Rio Tinto Field? We suck. The Dump and the Pit? Too bad we cant have REI or Backcountry.com or something a little more friendly in this state with such wonderful outdoor opportunities. Just a thought.

In the late 1970's Rio Tinto attracted international condemnation for its active role it supporting apartheid in Southern Africa.

Rio Tinto was found to be illegally mining Namibian uranium at Rossing, in breach of United Nations Resolutions.

At the Freeport/Rio Tinto copper and gold mine in Grasberg, West Papua (Irian Jaya), the military have harassed, tortured and killed villagers. The company estimated that 40 million tons of toxic tailings were dumped in the Otomona-Ajkaw river system in 1996 alone. So far the operation has blasted 400 meters off the top of Grasberg mountain, a place considered sacred to the indigenous Amungme people. The local people have seen few benefits from the mine- only 4% of those employed at the mine come from the local area

Capper Pass is a major tin smelter in the United Kingdom that was closed down by Rio Tinto in 1991. After first denying any wrong doing, Rio Tinto has finally admitted that it has persistently violated health & safety and environmental laws at the smelter. Rio Tinto is now facing major legal liability from ex-workers, their families and their communities for cancer risk exposure and other major health and environmental problems

OSLO, Norway (AP) - Norway's sovereign wealth fund sold its stake in Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto PLC and won't invest in the company again because of concerns over environmental damage at a mine in Indonesia, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.

THE SAND PIT! woohooo

perfect name for a stadium: Riot Into Stadium or Riot Into Field

Riot N2 Field?

Guess it's all about the $$$


I think we could have some fun with this!

Rio Tinto: the world's worst company?

http://www.greenleft.org.au/1997/300/15334

Old article but interesting.

Rio Tinto directors evaded questions over whether they would take responsibility for the legacy of environmental problems at the Panguna mine on Bougainville Island, and failed to make any clear commitments that they would engage the Indigenous traditional landowners before continuing discussions over resumption of the operations. While they said they had “no plans’ to reopen the mine, they did admit that discussion where taking place amongst some stakeholders.

The issue is highly charged, given the tens of thousands of lives lost when the environmental problems caused by riverine waste dumping and the exclusion of traditional landowners concerns shut down the mine and lead to a civil war. There remains significant sentiments on the island that the project should never be reopened, and legitimate concerns that failing to respond to community sensitivities could be a recipe for disaster.

http://www.mpi.org.au/campaigns/indigenous/panguna_agm/

wow like you would expect a non tilted view from a group called

"greenleft.org"


I am going with the nickname of
'The Lion's Pit"

I feel like I am the only tree hugger out here. I certainly was at the press conference today. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

We need to make some kind of alcohol drink that is red and smokes for the tailgate. It is holy water from the Rio Tinto.

DISAPPOINTED (what show was that where the guy said that?)

Oh and an almost accurate quote from Uncle Dave (this is the point I almost threw up)

All my childhood growing up in Salt Lake City I was so proud of having the worlds largest open pit copper mine in my backyard.

(insert the throwing up green smiley that is not in the options to the left)

SHOPPING LIST FOR FIRST GAME AT RT STADIUM

Moon suits
Gas masks
HUGE fake diamonds
Nelson Mandela masks
Apartheid signs
Norway flags
Shovels
Big gold rapper necklaces
Red smoking drinks

add your ideas!

Listen, I understand the issues that come along with having a mining company as a stadium sponsor. I doubt we could have found a sponsor that would have pleased everyone. If we had chosen Toyota (people would complain about them killing the US auto industry or being anti Union). If we had chosen Pizza Hut (people would have complained about fast food, obesity, and the use of horse meat). If we had chosen REI (you could have complained about items made in India and China using child labor).

There is no perfect corporation, even more so that would be willing to invest 20-30 million dollars over the next 15-20 years in naming a stadium. The pool of sponsors given the current economy is really small, just ask Man U. about the fact that AIG will probably be forced out of their jersey deal. So while this isn't great at least it is a company with local ties, and Kennecott has and does employ a great number of people in the valley and is working hard to improve their footprint on the environment.

If we expect this team to sign bigger and better players, that money is going to have to come from somewhere. I am sure if we want to play in USL2 we can get a deal with some local company that will be out of business in a couple years.

I had hopped that perhaps Wells Fargo, or someone would have stepped forward but they didn't. So we got stuck.

It could have been a lot worse DICK'S II

I'm going with

"The Pit of Despair"


Some more good Rio news:

Rio Tinto, Alcoa Score Worst in WWF Carbon Report (Update2)

By Angela Macdonald-Smith

Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world's third- largest mining company, and Alcoa Inc. are among power producers in Australia least prepared for a low-carbon future, a report by conservation group WWF shows.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... =australia

One of Rio Tinto’s largest shareholders has sold its £500 million stake in the company over concerns about the Grasberg goldmine, which has been called one of the world’s worst eyesores.

Norwegian wealth fund sells stake in Rio Tinto

Posted by omar123 on September 15, 2008

The $375 billion (£213 billion) Norwegian sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday that it had sold its shares after failing to persuade Rio to improve operations at the West Papua mine.

Kristin Halvorsen, the Norwegian Finance Minister, said: “There are no indications to the effect that the company’s practices will be changed in future. The fund cannot hold ownership interests in such a company.”

http://investmentwatch.wordpress.com/20 ... rio-tinto/

Im wearing my Birkenstocks...cant help it Denz.

I'm a bit put off by the news, more because of their social than their environmental practices. Sure, they could be better, but they could be worse--and I've never heard anyone complain about Kennecott being an eyesore who didn't have heating, water, a car, and a computer. But a company that is basically responsible for a civil war, that's pretty impressive.

I would have rather had it called "The BIG Dick" since it is a larger stadium.