Scores of jobs are set to go after BHP decided to ‘significantly scale back’ activity at an iron ore mine that employs about 800 people and is a key union target.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has conceded high energy prices are a factor in the possible closure of Australia’s largest aluminium smelter.

A Rio Tinto-controlled company has asked law enforcement to help with an internal investigation at the giant Oyu Tolgoi ...

Rio Tinto warned on Tuesday that Australia's largest aluminium smelter, Tomago, may be forced to shut down as it struggles to ...

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Rio Tinto said it is conducting an internal probe of allegations of corruption and unethical conduct at its Oyu Tolgoi copper ...

Canada Growth Fund (CGF) will invest about C$25-million to support Rio Tinto’s scandium oxide production in Sorel-Tracy, Québec. The investment will expand the nameplate capacity of Rio Tinto’s ...

Rio Tinto is exploring a potential asset-for-equity swap with Chinalco that would trim the Chinese investor's 11% stake, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday said he was ready to approve Rio Tinto's agreement to pay $138.75 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the Anglo-Australian mining giant of defrauding ...

Rio Tinto and its Japanese joint-venture partners will spend $733 million to extend the West Angelas iron ore mine in Western Australia, adding years to the life of the operation. The Anglo-Australian ...

Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining companies, has reaffirmed its goal of producing one-million tonnes a year of copper by the end of the decade, as part of its strategy to become a global ...

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) and Japanese joint venture partners Mitsui (OTCPK:MITSY) (OTCPK:MITSF) and Nippon Steel (OTCPK:NPSCY) (OTCPK:NISTF) unveiled plans Monday to spend $733 million to extend the West ...