Audit found nearly half of Rio's assets lacked access to appropriately qualified cultural heritage expertise within the business.

Traders will watch how the Swiss franc reacts to the flurry of weekend activity that saw rival UBS Group AG agreeing to buy Credit Suisse.

A team of palaeontologists found Australia’s first head and associated body of an elasmosaur, a long-necked plesiosaur that co-existed with dinosaurs in the early Cretaceous Period.

Dean Dalla Valle and Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, the latest appointments, will join Rio's board on June 1.

The company cited instability and production challenges.

Newcrest rebuffed Newmont’s initial $17 billion takeover bid in mid-February,

Burgundy Diamond Mines is buying Arctic Canadian, owner of the Ekati mine, to become one of the world’s biggest diamond operations.

Imports could reach 1 million tons in the first half of March alone.