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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MONTREAL, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ - Rio Tinto Alcan employees presented
Chantal Petitclerc with their best wishes and a special good luck charm at
a ceremony marking her departure for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Paralympic
Games.
"Over our 10 year partnership, Chantal has been a great source of
motivation for Rio Tinto Alcan. She has met thousands of employees during
plant tours in Quebec, Europe, Australia...
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Finance Markets (Free subscription) | yesterday
European equities markets saw gains Wednesday as miners, chipmakers and the steel sector saw gains. In London the FTSE 100 added 0.97 percent to 5,371.8 while the FTSE 250 gained 0.33 percent to 8,897.3. Miners saw gains on advances in metals prices, as Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO) led the 100 with a gain of 7.43 percent and [...]
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Business Report (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Eskom and Rio Tinto yesterday maintained that the $3.25 billion (R25.5 billion) Coega aluminium smelter would be able to go ahead from 2012 despite projections from BHP Billiton that there would be no power available to build extra local smelter capacity until 2018.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
BHP Billiton may hold on to some of Rio Tinto's aluminium smelters if the mining giant's $140 billion bid for its rival succeeds, according to one of the company's top executives.
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Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
When it released its results, BHP was labelled a passive beneficiary of spikes in commodity prices. But look closer and you'll see a company preparing to blow rival Rio Tinto out of the water. 20 Aug 2008 6:16 AM
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
BHP Billiton reiterated its commitment to its bid for rival Rio Tinto, as the the world’s largest mining company posted record net income Monday.
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Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
BHP Billiton's plan to take over Rio Tinto is being spruiked as an ambitious expansion. In the face of falling commodity prices, it looks more like a wise consolidation. 19 Aug 2008 7:37 AM
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
New Delhi, Aug. 18 (PTI): Global mining leader Rio Tinto and state-run NMDC Ltd today signed an agreement to explore global and domestic mineral reserves, primarily iron ore.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Five-lakh tonne pig iron plant planned in Chhattisgarh
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
BHP Billiton's profit rose 15% to an annual record of $15.39 billion, which the miner said should aid its bid to take over smaller rival Rio Tinto.
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Business Week (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
The Anglo-Australian mining giant reports record production in seven of its businesses, and it's gunning hard to buy rival Rio Tinto
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The Australian (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
THE miner's net profit sets a high bar for smaller rival and takeover target Rio Tinto.
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Mining giant BHP Billiton, bidding around $127 billion (68.1 billion pounds) for rival Rio Tinto in what would be the world's second-biggest takeover, posted a 30 percent rise in half-year profit and boosted its dividend, saying it was in good shape to weather a downturn in the commodities cycle.
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Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Mining giant to scout for iron ore with Indian company NMDC. 18 Aug 2008 6:26 PM
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FT.com - Europe homepage (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Marius Kloppers, chief executive of BHP Billiton, said the proposed takeover of rival Rio Tinto made "more sense than ever" as the mining giant delivered another record breaking set of annual results
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courtneymilsson | 05/25/2008
Giant miner Rio Tinto has announced the establishment of a new £6 million research center for the development of advanced diamond mining and mineral processing techniques which will enable access to difficult to reach areas and minimize ecological damage.
