Tag: Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto snubs Glencore, tells shareholders to vote for Yancoal’s C&A proposal
Rio Tinto has told its shareholders to vote in favour of Yancoal’s offer for its wholly-owned subsidiary Coal & Allied (C&A) despite receiving a...
Glencore tables US$2.55bn bid for Rio Tinto’s Coal & Allied
Commodities giant Glencore is looking to hijack Yancoal’s US$2.45 billion takeover deal for Rio Tinto’s Coal & Allied, offering US$100m more that the Chinese-controlled...
Rio Tinto and Minmetals to discuss exploration collaboration
Rio Tinto and Minmetals have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) to ‘discuss opportunities for potential collaboration’ in mineral exploration.
It comes three months after...
Queensland bags $900m in contracts for Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project
Queensland suppliers have secured more than $900 million in contracts from Rio Tinto to progress the development of the world class Amrun bauxite project...
Woodside, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto contemplate LNG-fuelled future
Woodside has teamed up with mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to investigate the commercial feasibility of LNG-fuelled iron ore bulk carriers, with...
Rio Tinto sells Coal & Allied Industries to Yancoal Australia for $2.45bn
Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary Coal & Allied Industries Limited to Yancoal Australia Limited.
The transaction, valued at up to...
Queensland’s QBirt secures 70m bulk earthworks contract from Rio Tinto
Queensland-based civil engineering firm QBirt has secured a bulk earthworks contract for Rio Tinto’s $2.6 billion Amrun Bauxite project on Cape York.
According to the...
Civmec secures $160m contracts for work at Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project
Australia-based Civmec Construction has been awarded two separate contracts valued at $160 million for work at Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project in Queensland.
The larger...
Rio Tinto to sell its Lochaber assets for $410m
Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its assets at Lochaber, Scotland to SIMEC for a total of $410 million, subject to certain conditions precedent...
Rio Tinto & GE forge five-year partnership to enhance Pilbara rail operations
Rio Tinto has handed global industrial leader General Electric (GE) a five-year contract to provide maintenance services and support for its vast locomotive network...