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STANDARD & POOR'S LOWERS RIO TINTO'S CORPORATE CREDIT RATING.
MELBOURNE, Oct 7 Asia Pulse - Rio Tinto PLC, Rio Tinto Ltd. (ASX:RIO), and its related entities have had their corporate credit ratings downgraded to A-plus/A1 from AA-minus/A1-plus, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services confirmed today. MELBOURNE, Oct 7 Asia Pulse - Rio Tinto PLC,...
Tags: S&P
Research articles 2002-10-07
RIO TINTO MARCHES INTO CHINA
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...
Tags: Alcan Inc., RIO TINTO
Research articles 2007-10-31
RIO TINTO, BP TO SELL JOINTLY OWNED INDONESIAN CO FOR US$500 MLN.
PERTH, July 22 Asia Pulse - Anglo Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) and global oil group BP have are set to offload their jointly owned Indonesian coal mining company Pt Kaltim Prima Coal for $US500 million ($A775.31 million). PERTH, July 22 Asia Pulse...
Tags: BP Plc
Research articles 2003-07-22
IRON ORE SHIPMENTS FROM RIO TINTO ARM JUMPS 35% IN Q1.
PERTH, April 28 Asia Pulse - Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) today said iron ore shipments from its wholly-owned subsidiary Hamersley Iron jumped 35 per cent in the first quarter of 2003. PERTH, April 28 Asia Pulse - Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) today said iron...
Tags: ARM
Research articles 2003-04-28
RIO TINTO TO LAY OFF 120 STAFF AT KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER ARM.
BRISBANE, June 27 Asia Pulse - Rio Tinto Ltd's (ASX:RIO) Kennecott Utah Copper KUC in the United States plans to lay off approximately 120 employees today, as the outlook for the copper industry remains bleak. BRISBANE, June 27 Asia Pulse - Rio Tinto Ltd's...
Tags: ARM
Research articles 2003-06-27
CANADIAN CO TO BY RIO TINTO GOLD ASSETS FOR US$210 MLN.
BRISBANE, Jan 16 Asia Pulse - Canada's Wheaton River Minerals Ltd will pay Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) $US210 million ($A358.9 million) for two of its non-core gold assets. Wheaton River has conditionally agreed to buy Rio Tinto's 100 per cent owned Peak Gold Mine in NSW and its...
Tags: asset, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Brisbane, Rio, River
Research articles 2003-01-16
Fitch Downgrades Rio Tinto to 'A-'; Affirms Alcan At 'A-'
NEW YORK & LONDON -- Fitch Ratings has today downgraded the ratings of UK-based Rio Tinto Plc and Australia-based Rio Tinto Ltd (collectively, the Rio Tinto Group RT), following its acquisition of a majority 89% shareholding in Alcan Inc Alcan. The affected RT ratings are as follows: --Long-term...
Tags: Alcan Inc., Fitch Ratings, Rio Tinto
Research articles 2007-10-26
BHP, Rio could yet deliver surprises.(BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Ltd., share prices)(Brief Article)
Feb 20, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Shares in Australian mining companies, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, rose to record levels after both announced record results. At the same time, both stocks are trading at relatively low forward price-earnings ratios:...
Tags: MARKETING, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2005-02-20
Rio Tinto Plummets In Overreaction to Failed Takeover - Canaccord Adams Analyst
FP Trading Desk submits: Shares of Rio Tinto Ltd. RTP plummeted on Tuesday after BHP Billiton Ltd. BHP dropped its massive takeover bid. Damien Hackett, an analyst at Canaccord Adams, called Rio's share price drop a "big over-reaction" to its perceived financial risk. The risk is tied to Rio's...
Tags: Energy, FP Trading Desk
External links 2008-11-27
SHARES IN AUSTRALIA'S AQUARIUS JUMP ON RIO TINTO INTEREST RUMOUR.
PERTH, April 15 Asia Pulse - Shares in Aquarius Platinum Ltd (ASX:AQP) surged to a 16 month high today on rumours that multinational mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) may be interested in the group. At 1233 AEDT, Aquarius had soared 45 cents to $A10.10 ($US5.37) on volume...
Tags: Aquarius Platinum Ltd., Rio Tinto
Research articles 2002-04-15
Rio in demand ahead of bumper result.(Rio Tinto Ltd.)
Feb 03, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian investors eagerly bought into Rio Tinto on 4 February 2005 in anticipation of a healthy full-year profit. The company's announcement of a 61 per cent increase in earnings per share was made ...
Tags: anticipation, FINANCE, food, Insurance, Manufacturing, News Corp.
Research articles 2005-02-03
Robe River legal action.(Rio Tinto Ltd., Mitsui and Company Ltd., Nippon Steel Corp., Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.)(Brief Article)
The three Japanese partners in the Robe River iron ore operation in Western Australia, Mitsui & Co. (33%), Nippon Steel Corp. (10.5%) and Sumitomo Metal Industries (3.5%), have filed a lawsuit against the main operator, the London-based Rio Tinto The three Japanese partners in the Robe...
Tags: Mitsui & Co., Nippon Steel Corp., Rio Tinto
Research articles 2000-12-15
Will Rio Tinto Take Huge Alcan Writedown?
FP Trading Desk submits: Rio Tinto Ltd. RTP could post a big writedown on its Alcan AL assets of $5-billion to $7-billion, according to UBS Securities analyst Glyn Lawcock. As a result, the company's equity value could decrease and leverage could increase. London-based Rio bought Alcan for $38-billion last...
Tags: Energy, FP Trading Desk
External links 2008-12-01
Rio Tinto Wants to Sell Assets, But Not Diamonds and Uranium
FP Trading Desk submits: It is no secret that debt-laden miner Rio Tinto Ltd. RTP has a number of assets it would like to sell, but diamonds and uranium are not among them. That is according to chief executive Tom Albanese, who spoke on a conference call broadcast from...
Tags: Energy, FP Trading Desk
External links 2009-03-30
LEAD: Brazil's Vale to enhance presence in Asia to vie with BHP, Rio Tinto
TOKYO, May 14 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) Vale, the world's biggest iron ore producer, will enhance its presence in Japan and other Asian countries by improving logistics to vie with its key rivals BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Ltd., Vale Chief Executive Officer Roger...
Tags: BHP Billiton Ltd., Rio Tinto
Research articles 2008-05-19
Rio Tinto Bullish on Commodities
FP Trading Desk submits: Falling commodity prices? Market turmoil? A collapsing U.S. economy? We're dealing with all of the above right now, but none of them appear to be of much concern to Rio Tinto Ltd. RTP. On Tuesday, the company released a report on commodities by in-house economist...
Tags: Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-28
Rio Tinto picks up alumina stake from Kaiser.(Kaiser Aluminum Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The Rio Tinto group has agreed to increase its interest in the alumina refinery at Gladstone in Queensland from 30.3% to 38.6%. Rio Tinto's wholly-owned subsidiary Comalco Ltd will pay US$159 million in cash to Kaiser Aluminum Corp. of the US, and as The Rio Tinto...
Tags: RIO TINTO
Research articles 2001-06-22
Rio Tinto Buys Palabora Shares
LONDON--BUSINESS WIRE--June 11, 1998--RIO Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP) announced today that it has agreed to purchase an additional 2,131,480 shares for cash in Palabora Mining Company Ltd. in South Africa at a price of R29 (approximately US$5.63) per share. The shares acquired will represent an additional 7.5% interest in Palabora, taking...
Tags: Business Wire, Rio
Research articles 1998-06-11
Argentina: Rio Tinto acquires North.
Rio Tinto Plc, the second largest mining company world wide, will pay US$1,750mil for the gold producing company North LTD. This is after Anglo American Plc abandoned the bidding because of a higher offer. North accepted Rio Tinto's offer of Australian US$4.74 per share, which was...
Tags: Anglo American Plc., Rio Tinto
Research articles 2000-08-15
Stock evaluation rating change for RECKITT BENCKSR, RIO TINTO, UNITED UTILITIES, WOLSELEY, and SCHRODERS.
M2 PRESSWIRE-10 May 2002-LondonStockPicks.Com: Stock evaluation rating change for RECKITT BENCKSR, RIO TINTO, UNITED UTILITIES, WOLSELEY, and SCHRODERS C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05092002 LondonStockPicks.Com (http://www.londonstockpicks.com) makes the following stock ratings for the short term: STRONG BUY: RECKITT...
Tags: Rio Tinto, Schroders Plc., United Utilities Plc., Wolseley Plc.
Research articles 2002-05-10
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