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
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
Signs of a global slowdown in demand for resources come from commodity giant Rio Tinto, as it warns its markets are "softer than six months ago"... more
London-listed mining giant Rio Tinto shows the damage of the cyclones and flooding that hit Australia in the first three months of the year, with lower metal production figures... more
Rio Tinto boss Tom Albanese slams governments around the world for "the curse of resource nationalism" - when politicians hit miners with higher taxes or take a stake in discovered metals and minerals... more
Rio Tinto's chief executive has attacked governments for interfering with mining giants' exploitation of their mineral reserves in what he called the "curse of resource nationalism"... 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
London-listed Rio Tinto gives its investors something to celebrate announcing a $5 billion (£3.11 billion) share buy-back scheme and hiking the dividend off the back of record profits... more
Rio Tinto's potential rival in its £2.4 billion bid for Africa-focused coal miner Riversdale takes a kicking from the bid target's top shareholder, Tata Steel... more
Boss of Rio Tinto fights back at reports that the London-listed mining giant’s $130 billion iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton is in doubt... more
Rio Tinto today said it would be jacking up the amount it spends on digging copper and other metals and minerals out of the ground as demand comes on strong again from Asia ... more
Mining giant Rio Tinto raised its forecast for total iron ore production by as much as 7.5%, as it reported a record third-quarter and said demand from China is still running at a strong rate ... 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
IT will be interesting to see whether Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese is still in his job next year to claim the annual bonus that is de rigueur for top company bosses. ... more
Major investors in Rio Tinto have rejected suggestions that support for the Chinalco deal is growing, with one top 10 investor saying shareholders were still "deeply unhappy" with the deal... 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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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: Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese says the economic slowdown in China is quickening and heralded lower demand until at least next year... more
Rio Tinto's Tom Albanese says the financial turmoil has not changed his opposition to BHP Billiton's all-share bid for his company which he says "manifestly" undervalues it... more
China steel production is expected to slow over the next few months, but global miner Rio Tinto says it has faith in long-term growth of the market... 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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