LONDON, June 5 (UPI) -- Mining giant Rio Tinto said Friday said it had broken off a politically unpopular $19.5 billion deal with the Chinese government-owned Chinalco.
SYDNEY, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The Australian share market, snapping a three-day losing streak, closed higher Friday with prices up 1.1 percent across the board.
SYDNEY, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The Australian share market remained weak Wednesday, dragged down by lower prices for oil and base metals, despite a solid recovery earlier on Wall Street.
LONDON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- British mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd. said in London Monday Australian rival BHP Billiton Ltd.'s unsolicited $150 billion stock takeover bid was too low.
SYDNEY, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- London mining giant Rio Tinto PLC formally rejected BHP Billiton's unsolicited $153 billion merger proposal Tuesday.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto PLC cleared two international hurdles Wednesday in its $38.1 billion purchase of Canadian aluminum maker Alcan Inc.
SYDNEY, May 10 (UPI) -- The Australian share market has continued its week-long record run with key indicators adding 14 points.
SYDNEY, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto is returning more than $4 billion to shareholders, the result of surging commodity prices that doubled the group's profit.
LA PAZ, Peru, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto PLC has won a Peruvian auction to control the Andean nation's La Granja copper deposits.
SYDNEY, May 19 (UPI) -- Mining company Rio Tinto's Australian subsidiary will be prosecuted for causing uranium to contaminate drinking water.
