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However, after Kennecott's buyout by Rio Tinto Zinc, and the governorship of the pro-business Tommy Thompson, the mine was allowed to open in face of the opposition, and operated from 1993 to 1997.
Corporations which the WCIP lists as particularly damaging are: Amax, Alcan, Coca Cola, United Fruit, Volkswagen, Sonya, Rio Tinto Zinc, ITT, Mitsubishi, Noranda and BP.
Rio Tinto Group (previously the Rio Tinto – Zinc Corporation), a British-Australian multinational metals and mining corporation