Yancoal seeks $2.5bn from investors to pay for Rio’s Aussie coal mines

China-backed Yancoal Australia (ASX: YAL) said Wednesday it will launch a fundraiser to fetch $2.5 billion it needs to buy Rio Tinto’s (LON, ASX:RIO) Coal & Allied division, which it scored late June after a three-week bidding war with Glencore. The...