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Rio warns on metals prices in the short to medium term

Mineweb | March 16, 2011 | 8:48 am Top Companies Australia Iron Ore 

Global miner Rio Tinto warned that metals demand could fall in the near term and prices could be volatile in the medium term due to economic imbalances, but the long term growth outlook remained strong.

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