The Independent Weekly (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The equivalent of 50 full-time staff will be culled from Rio Tinto Ltd's Kestrel coking coal mine with the mining giant's decision to cut the operation's output by 15 per cent amid low demand from steel makers.
Mineweb - Daily news headlines (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A Chinese company and private equity firms are among the groups expected to submit final bids for Rio Tinto's borates and talc units.
Mineweb - Daily news headlines (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Rio Tinto is to cut coking coal output at its Kestrel mine in Australia by 15 percent due to reduced demand from Asian steel mills.
Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
China’s steel giants were pushing to wrap up iron ore price talks with BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto before the Chinese Government’s $US586 billion ($820 billion) stimulus package had time to take effect
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares fell for the second straight session on Thursday, with mineral extractors again some of the weakest performers. Shares of Anglo American dropped 3.7%, while shares of Rio Tinto fell 4.5%. Elsewhere, Praktiker shares dropped 9.5% after the home improvement retailer reported a drop in quarterly sales. Ahead of an interest rate decision from the Bank of England,...
EmailWire.Com (Free subscription) | yesterday
(EMAILWIRE.COM, January 08, 2009 ) DALLAS, Texas Beacon Equity Research announces the release of Trade Alerts covering Steel and Iron Stocks: Metalico Inc. (AMEX: MEA), Companhia Sider ADS (NYSE: SID), China Precision Steel Inc. (Nasdaq: CPSL), Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RTP), Arcelor Mittal (NYSE:...
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE Australian stock market opened weaker after commodity prices fell overnight and Wall Street experienced losses. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's share prices fell.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Cheap hydro power is shielding Canada from job cuts as aluminum giants Alcoa and Rio Tinto Alcan look to chop supply in the wake of dwindling global demand and falling prices.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Asian metal and mining stocks such as Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. climbed Wednesday on an increase in nonferrous metal prices, disregarding Alcoa Inc.’s decision to slash jobs and curb output in response to the global economic downturn.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
RIO Tinto has resumed mining all its iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of WA after a two week break.
Business (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Mining giant Rio Tinto has resumed all of its iron ore operations in the Pilbara region after suspending some activities for almost a fortnight. The company told AAP on December 1 that it would place
Mineweb - Daily news headlines (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Rio Tinto is restarting its iron ore mines in Western Australia's Pilbara after a two-week closure to cut production.
Business (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Markets for Rio Tinto’s products remain healthy despite the global financial crisis, chief executive Tom Albanese says. This was because the mining giant was increasingly trading with China, which wo
Times Online (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
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Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
The U.S. Borax mining operation in southeastern Kern County will permanently lay off up to 160 workers, state filings show, a result of lower demand in the sagging global economy. Susan Keef, spokeswoman for Rio Tinto Minerals, the Denver-based company that owns the mine, said the number of positions being cut hasn’t yet been finalized.
