Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) (NYSE:RIO) is amongst a group of miners opposing the demands of community groups to set maximum levels for fly-in, fly-out workers in remote regions.
The comments, as reported by the Australian Financial Review, have been made in submissions to a parliamentary inquiry investigating the impact of FIFO practices.
Rio has also backed calls for improved financial assistance to local councils in mining towns and greater incentives for workers to move to remote areas.
In the first half of the 2011 calendar year Rio Tinto booked a net profit of $7.5 billion.
