Rio Tinto Group News

BHP joins Rio Tinto Group, the third-biggest mining company, in slowing spending as costs rise and prices fall in a weaker global economy.

Ivanhoe Australia Limited today announces changes to Ivanhoe Australia's board composition with the appointment of four new non-executive directors.

Rio Tinto Group, fending off a $147 billion dollar hostile bid from BHP Billiton Ltd, said it may spin off its North American coal business into a company called Cloud Peak Energy Inc.

Mumbai: The Chinese authorities are likely to reject BHP Billiton's $177 billion takeover bid for Rio Tinto Group as it would create an iron ore monopoly along with Vale, the China Iron and Steel Association said.

Energy authorities have a big decision to make involving BLCP Power, the operator of a coal-fired power plant in Rayong.