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• Rio Tinto says first quarter iron ore sales at record high

  - 2008-04-16

  SYDNEY AFP — The world's third largest miner Rio Tinto Wednesday said iron ore sales were at a record level in the first quarter despite lower production from Western Australia. The miner also said aluminium output had reached an all-time high in the three months to March 2008, reflecting...

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• EU okays Rio bid to create world's biggest aluminium firm

  - 2007-10-03

  BRUSSELS AFP — EU competition regulators on Wednesday gave the green light for Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto's bid to take over Canada's Alcan and create the world's largest aluminium firm. While both companies are active in aluminium production worldwide, the European Commission concluded that the proposed deal "would...

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• Rio Tinto banks on Asian giants to justify huge Alcan bid

  - 2007-07-15

  SYDNEY AFP — Mining giant Rio Tinto Sunday defended the price it has offered for Canada's Alcan, saying the robust economic growth of China and India would see the business prosper. The 38.1 billion dollar bid for the aluminium producer, the mining industry's biggest-ever acquisition, would secure "a first-class,...

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• European shares stable amid Rio Tinto's bid for Alcan

  - 2007-07-12

  LONDON AFP — Europe's main stock markets held steady after recent heavy losses, as investors looked to miner Rio Tinto's mammoth 38.1-billion-dollar takeover for Alcan, dealers said Thursday. They added that sentiment was dampened by the euro striking another record high against the dollar, which is seen as negative...

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• Alcan pushes overseas investments with Australia tops in 2005

  - 2005-05-26

  PARIS AFP — Canadian aluminium producer Alcan plans to push ahead overseas with a 1.3 billion-dollar investment in Australia topping the list in 2005, Alcan executive vice-president Richard Evans said. "This year we are making a very big investment in Australia," making it "number one before Canada and France,"...

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• Irony is lost as taking coal to Newcastle becomes reality

  - 2004-08-04

  AFPLifestyle-Britain LONDON AFP ? Taking coal to Newcastle has become reality, as the northeast English city once famous for exporting mountains of coal from nearby pits starts importing the fuel instead. Newcastle's Tyne Dock has received its first cargo of Russian coal, and it expects to import...

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