Rio Tinto has reported a 5 percent rise in third-quarter iron ore production from a year ago, saying its Australian coal operations had recovered from flooding earlier in the year... more
Rio Tinto will speed up its $14.8 billion iron ore expansion project in Australia by six months, joining other miners in hurrying production to fill a supply gap for the steel-making commodity... more
Rio Tinto's £2.5 billion takeover target Riversdale Mining appoints three Rio executives to the board in the latest sign that the British giant's bid is getting close to completion... more
Global miner Rio Tinto raises its offer for Mozambique-focused coal miner Riversdale Mining to $3.9 billion in a final bid to woo key shareholders who have held up the deal and gain control of coveted coal assets... more
Global miner Rio Tinto surprises investors by more than doubling its full-year dividend and promising to return $5 billion to shareholders by 2012... more
Rio Tinto looks set to abandon its $116 billion iron-ore joint venture with rival BHP Billiton, a deal unpopular with customers, regulators and many of Rio Tinto's own investors... more
A Chinese steel tycoon who admitted giving $9 million to an employee of mining giant Rio Tinto may have been barred from leaving the province of Shandong... more
Chinese state investigators have widened their probe into alleged espionage in the steel mills and iron ore import industries, as the stand off over the arrest of Rio Tinto officials threatens to blow up into a diplomatic incident with Australia ... more
Peter Chambers, who as head of the investment arm of Legal & General is one of the most influential shareholders in the country, told the Treasury Select Committee last week how difficult it was to get boards and chief executives of companies to listen to the concerns of shareholders and act upon them... more
Mining: London-listed mining giant BHP Billiton is following rival Rio Tinto with a big round of job cuts — 6000 — as demand for resources stalls... more
Mining: London-listed mining giant BHP Billiton is following rival Rio Tinto with a big round of job cuts — 6000 — as demand for resources stalls... more
Mining: Mining giant Rio Tinto, scaling back production and debt as demand around the world falls, has sold its stake in an aluminium smelter in China to a partner... more
Marius Kloppers, the chief executive of mining giant BHP Billiton, says his hostile $111bn bid for Rio Tinto is more attractive amid the current “uncertainty” in global financial markets... more
Mining giant Rio Tinto may secure a record price increase of more than 95% for iron ore shipped to Asian steel mills, according to Aussie investment bank Macquarie... more
Mining giant Rio Tinto unveils a project that will see it enter the nickel market for the first time and close a gap in output with arch-rival BHP Billiton... more
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