Rio Tinto Runs Mines Hard as BHP Offer LoomsXemplar - takeover for Rio Tinto?Rio Tinto is showing interest in uranium mining company Xemplar in Namibia.
AsiaInfo Services 02-18-2008 Chinalco, Alcoa to Raise Holding in Rio Tinto BEIJING, Feb 18, 2008 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Aluminum Corporation of China Chinalco and US-based Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) plan to increase holdings in Rio Tinto Company, an AsiaInfo Services 02-18-2008...
ENERGY RESOURCE-6 September 2007-Exelon Corporation, Rio Tinto Join U.S. Climate Action in Call for Climate Change LegislationC2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU), Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP), Companhia Vale do...
MONTREAL, Canada, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Rio Tinto Alcan is proud to announce that Christophe Villemin, president, Specialty Sheets, Engineered Products, has been selected as a Young Global Leader 2008 of the World Economic Forum WEF. Every y MONTREAL, Canada, March 11...
NEW YORK -- Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) announced today that it is partnering with Aluminum Corporation of China ("Chinalco") to acquire 12 percent of the UK common stock of Rio Tinto plc. Alcoa will contribute up to $1.2 billion to the total investment.
BP and Rio Tinto will form Hydrogen Energy, a new jointly owned company that will develop decarbonized energy projects around the world. The venture will initially locus on hydrogen-fueled power generation, using fossil fuels and carbon capture and storacBP and Rio Tinto will form Hydrogen Energy, a new jointly owned...
Global energy giant BP and London-based international mining company Rio Tinto have teamed up to plan a A$2 billion (U.S. $1.64 billion) coal-fed IGCC power plant with carbon capture and sequestration CCS capabilities in Kwinana, 45 kilometers south of Global energy giant BP and London-based international mining company Rio Tinto...
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Anglo American (Nasdaq: AAUK), BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP), Rio Tinto...
AsiaInfo Services 10-31-2007 Rio Tinto Marches into China BEIJING, Oct 31, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Australian iron ore giant Rio Tinto Ltd. finds a new way to step in China's aluminum sector by acquiring Canada's Alcan Inc., which has als...
AsiaInfo Services 02-06-2008 Rio Tinto Sold 12% Stake to Chinalco, Alcoa BEIJING, Feb 06, 2008 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Aluminum Corporation of China Chinalco and US-based Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) have recently bought a 12% stake in Rio Tinto Compan AsiaInfo Services ...
Brazilian miner CVRD has struck an iron ore supply contract with European steelmaker ThyssenKrupp, at a 19 per cent premium to last year's prices, which should also benefit BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. The two are locked in key contract negotiations Brazilian miner CVRD...
Rio Tinto has signed an agreement with FreeMarkets, a web-based services and products procurement marketplace. Under the terms of the agreement, FreeMarkets will provide Rio Tinto with access to its on-line bidding technology and services, which Rio Rio Tinto has signed an agreement with FreeMarkets,...
Japanese steel makers have been accustomed to negotiating with three major Australian suppliers for the bulk of their annual iron-ore requirements -- BHP, Rio Tinto subsidiary Hamersley, and Robe River Iron Ore Associates -- and their bargaining hand Japanese steel makers have been accustomed to negotiating...
Rio Tinto has announced the approval of a $475 million project to increase the Iron Ore Company of Canada's IOC annual production of iron ore concentrate to 22 million tons. The investment is the first phase of an IOC expansion program that may see production capability increase 50% by 2011....
Rio Tinto and BP announced plans to sell their 50-50 joint coal venture in Indonesia, to the surprise of the central government. The companies said they would sell PT Kaltim Primal Coal, of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, to Indonesia's Bumi ResoRio Tinto and BP announced plans to...
In early August, Sir Robert Wilson, chairman, Rio Tinto, and J. Stephen Whisler, CEO, Phelps Dodge, speaking on separate occasions, expressed similar downbeat views of the likely course of world economies and, therefore, metals markets in the coming months.
AsiaInfo Services 03-20-2008 Chinalco, Alcoa Eyeing More Rio Tinto Shares BEIJING, Mar 20, 2008 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Aluminum Corporation of China Chinalco is brewing to team up with its partner Alcoa Inc.to buy more shares of Rio Tinto. Ch AsiaInfo Services...
