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Rio Tinto, Chinalco put an end to copper joint venture

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2017 | 6:18 am Base Metals Energy Top Companies Africa Australia China Europe Coal Copper Iron Ore Potash 

Mining giants Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) and Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco) have decided to call it quits on a six-year-old exploration joint venture originally set to find copper deposits in China. Rio had dropped a hint about the breakup on Tuesday...

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