Rio Tinto calls for board resignation over Kakadu uranium site clean-up

Miner wants Energy Resources Australia chair to resign after minority shareholders threw doubt over Ranger mine rehabilitation

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The directors of the company that owns the Jabiluka and Ranger uranium deposits at Kakadu, Energy Resources Australia, who aren't affiliated with majority shareholder Rio Tinto say they will resign amid a fight over whether there should be mining at the site.

It came after Rio Tinto dramatically escalated its war with minority shareholders in ERA on Monday by calling on the company's chair, Peter Mansell, to resign.

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