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Rio to sell majority stake in Canada's largest iron ore producer

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 01, 2013 | 4:43 pm Top Companies Australia Canada Europe Iron Ore 

Giant miner Rio Tinto (LON, ASX, NYSE:RIO), the world’s second-biggest producer of iron ore, is going ahead with its plans of getting rid-off non-core operations to curb costs and bolster its balance sheet, by putting its majority stake in Canada’s...

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