March 22, 2012 Australian explorer hunts for copper in Andes The Herald Sun has an interesting feature piece on Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources, an Australian company with Chinese backing that is partnering with Rio Tinto on three early-stage exploration projects…
March 21, 2012 Talks under way to end lockout at Rio Quebec smelter Talks are under way to end a three-month lockout of workers at Rio Tinto Alcan's giant Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec as the two sides have been summoned to…
March 20, 2012 World’s largest aluminum producer takes $1.4 billion writedown HONG KONG/MOSCOW – RUSAL, the world’s top aluminium maker, took a $1.4 US billion hit in its 2011 financials on Monday on […]
March 18, 2012 RUSAL threatens to sue in chairman row RUSAL, the world's No.1 aluminium producer, said comments by former chairman Viktor Vekselberg had damaged its reputation and shareholder value, and threatened unspecified legal action.
March 13, 2012 ABB wins $100 million power orders to boost production at Rio Tinto mines in Australia ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $100 million from Rio Tinto for 17 distribution substations to support increased production at iron ore mines…
March 6, 2012 Rio Tinto to close its UK Lynemouth smelter Rio Tinto Alcan, the aluminum division of Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) announced today it will close its Lynemouth aluminum smelter in Northumberland, England at the end of March, as part…
February 25, 2012 Vedanta consolidation to create world’s 7th largest natural resources company London-based Vedanta Group (LON:VED) announced Saturday a merger of two of its subsidiaries, Sesa Goa and Sterlite Industries, into a new corporate entity to be named Sesa Sterlite.
February 15, 2012 International unionists to march in support of Rio Tinto locked-out Canadian workers Unionists from around the world will gather in the Canadian city of Alma, Quebec, from March 30 to April 1, to express their support for locked-out Rio Tinto Alcan workers…
February 10, 2012 Aluminium losing battle against oversupply Excess capacity in aluminium smelting will drag on for years to come, even while losses weigh on producers, as political pressures in China and Russia to keep jobs and push…
February 10, 2012 Rio boss waives bonus after huge write-down of aluminium assets – UPDATE Mining (Euronext: SMI.NX - news) giant Rio Tinto (Berlin: CRA1.BE - news) has hiked its full-year dividend by 34% after reporting record underlying earnings in 2011, but net earnings were…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
