Bad China call hits the West
WESTERN firms have been damaged by underestimating the cost and technological advantages of China’s aluminium industry.
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Glasenberg takes swipe at Rio Tinto
GLENCORE boss Ivan Glasenberg says he won’t “cannibalise” the miner’s coal production by flooding the market with extra supplies.
Rio to review Vale plan for mine
RIO Tinto has been granted access to Brazilian rival Vale’s Guinean iron ore mine plans amid a bitter legal dispute.
Conventional cycles, unconventional times
THE commodity cycle has been essentially conventional, but what is different now is the conduct of the low-cost producers.
What the? Aitken lets fly in Rio rant
‘WHAT the f..k is wrong with these morons?’ That’s the question Bell Potter’s Angus Aitken is asking about Rio Tinto management.
Giants prepare for battle
GLENCORE versus Rio Tinto will be the major corporate fight of 2015.
Charges for Chinalco ex-chief
THE former general manager of Chinalco has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party.
CSIRO chief joins Rio board
OUTGOING CSIRO chief executive Dr Megan Clark will join mining giant Rio Tinto’s board of directors.
Diamond sunshine
BEAUTIFUL Australian diamonds are finding their way into Chinese fashion jewellery.
Wake-up call on economic future
WE live in strange financial and political times.
Rio Tinto ramps up profit to $US4.4bn
RIO Tinto has posted a strong lift in underlying earnings for the first half, helped by record iron ore volumes, as it continues to cut both net debt and costs.
Owners, Rio plan NT training
ABORIGINAL landowners are planning to build a mine training centre in the heart of Arnhem Land with support from Rio Tinto.
Walsh faces big task to rebuild
IN 2011, during Rio Tinto’s $US4 billion bid for Riversdale Mining, Tata Steel tried to drum up a competing bid.
Business calls for free-trade blitz
RIO Tinto chief Sam Walsh has urged the world’s business leaders to press for a fresh round of free trade deals to drive jobs creation.
Vale threatens to quit forum over Rio
BRAZILIAN mining giant Vale could quit a leading industry forum as tensions with rival Rio Tinto fester.
Qantas to cut Arnhem Land flights
QANTAS will cease flights to Arnhem Land following the closure of Rio Tinto’s alumina refinery on the Gove Peninsula.
Walsh rejects talk of Grasberg exit
RIO Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh has dismissed speculation that the group will look to quit its interest in Grasberg.
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