November 16, 2016 Rio learnt about Simandou dubious payment over a year ago — report Company is said to have found out about the emails referring to a questionable $10.5m payment to a consultant over the Guinea project more than a year ago, not 'just'…
November 15, 2016 Iron ore price plummets 9% Beijing clampdown on speculation as Rio Tinto announces closure of Pilbara mine over Christmas.
November 15, 2016 What happens now? Markets hate uncertainty and (because of all those terribly inaccurate polls) Trump’s victory injected a whack of precisely that. But his calm response, amazingly, calmed the markets.
November 14, 2016 Rio Tinto staff shaken to the core by bribery probe — CEO Speculation is running and some of what is being said strikes at the heart of the culture and values of the company, chief executive officer Jean-Sébastien Jacques said in an…
November 11, 2016 Iron ore price leaps to $80 Trump bump for iron ore price now 17% as frenzied trading continues.
November 10, 2016 Trump sends iron ore price to 2-year high Another surge on Thursday takes iron ore to two-year high, up 11% since the US election – Cliffs stock soars 21%.
November 9, 2016 Rio Tinto energy and minerals chief suspended over Simandou bribery claims Alan Davies suspended after miner found payments made to consultant in 2011, when he was in charge of the iron ore project.
November 7, 2016 Canada’s Quebec injects $130M into Tata Steel Quebec-Labrador iron ore project Financing consisted of a loan of $50 million from Investissement Quebec along with $125 million for an 18% equity stake in TSMC through Ressources Quebec.
November 6, 2016 First copper-nickel mine in Minnesota inches forward The company behind Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine is putting its shoulder to the wheel of a project that has been over a decade in the making.
November 4, 2016 Rio’s Simandou sale ‘could crush the price of iron ore’ "It would of obvious strategic benefit for China to control a major iron ore deposit and add new supply to discipline the market."
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