Global mining giant Rio Tinto launches an $8 billion (£5 billion) sale of aluminium businesses in six countries which could see its UK smelter at Lynemouth either sold off or closed... 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 warned it remains “cautious” about the recent rally in metal prices as the mining giant tried to shrug off fears that its relations with commodities-hungry China are deteriorating ... more
Debt-riven mining giant Rio Tinto today followed up last week’s £940 million rights issue fundraiser with the £743 million sale of a packaging division in the United States... more
Brokers are split over prospects for Barclays in the wake of last week’s spectacular gains in its share price which accrued after passing the Financial Services Authority’s stress test with flying colours... more
Something has gone terribly wrong at Rio Tinto. The chart of the share price looks like a spoil mountain outside one of its mines, and it has achieved the impressive feat of alienating its biggest shareholders by not asking them for money. It's now on the brink of a blunder that threatens its whole future. ... more
Mining:Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese postponed a planned trip to Australia as he attempted to placate London shareholders furious at his proposed sale of up to 18% of the company to the Chinese
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Today's tale is of two companies and the importance in an economic downturn of a strong balance sheet. In one corner is Rolls-Royce, which has spent the better part of £10 billion since 2001 on research and development, capital expenditure and so on, but is still sitting on £1.5 billion of net cash. ... more
One criticism heard increasingly of some of the banking boards worst-affected by the credit crisis is that, in the run-up to it, they all behaved like sheep, with no one baa-ing out of turn... more
High Street banks were the destination of choice today, with Barclays ahead by 9p to 109p as an upgrade from Credit Suisse raised hopes the sector is finally climbing back from rock bottom... more
Sir John Craven is the man who capped a long, distinguished City career by taking on the poisoned chalice marked Lonrho, drinking the contents — and surviving... more
Mining: Shares in Rio Tinto soared more than 7% as the miner confirmed it had bowed to pressure to seek a deal with its biggest shareholder for more cash... more
Mining: The credit crunch is hampering the sell-off of assets by global miner Rio Tinto, which is scaling back operations and offloading businesses to fix its finances as markets contract
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Energy: The uphill battle facing Jim Leng, the new chairman of Rio Tinto, has been underlined with the mining giant reporting one of its biggest-ever quarterly falls in iron-ore production... 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
Comment: Of all the ways to cut taxes by £12 billion, the nibble off the VAT bill is the least effective way to dig us out of our financial hole... more
Aluminium giant Alcoa is hoarding cash, scrapping its share buyback programme and cancelling all
non-essential capital projects after its third-quarter profits more than halved... more
Mining giant Rio Tinto delivers blockbuster production figures while keeping the door open for talks with hostile suitor BHP Billiton only if it significantly improves its offer... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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