Rio Tinto pays US$15m over agent activity in Guinea

Global mining group Rio Tinto plc agreed, on 6 March [2023], to pay US$15 million to settle charges, brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), that it had paid bribes to a consultant in Guinea.

Global mining group Rio Tinto plc agreed, on 6 March [2023], to pay US$15 million to settle charges, brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), that it had paid bribes to a consultant in Guinea.