BEIJING, July 14 (UPI) -- China, after detaining four Rio Tinto mining company employees on spying charges, has expanded its investigation against seven steel industry executives.
SHANGHAI, July 8 (UPI) -- Chinese authorities have detained an Australian executive of international mining firm Rio Tinto on suspicion of espionage, the Australian government said.
HONG KONG, July 8 (UPI) -- Rio Tinto, the world's second largest mining company, says Chinese authorities in Shanghai have detained four employees.
LONDON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- British-Australian mining company Rio Tinto said it would it would cut its workforce by 14,000, due to the global economic downturn.
LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- BHP Billiton's plans to purchase Rio Tinto stalled Friday, when 12 percent of the mining company's London-listings were bought by two mining industry giants.
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, 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.
