Business
Alcoa Inc. and Aluminum Corp. of China say they plan to buy 12% of Rio Tinto in a deal valued at $14 billion.
Feb. 2, 2008
Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques will leave the mining giant over the destruction of Australian indigenous sacred sites to access iron ore.
Sept. 11, 2020
BHP Billiton Ltd. formalized its unwelcome takeover bid for Rio Tinto today and upped the stakes with an all-stock offer worth $147.4 billion that would create a global mining monolith.
Feb. 6, 2008
The mining company rejects a $113-billion takeover offer from rival firm BHP Billiton.
Nov. 9, 2007
The mining company offers $38.1 billion in a friendly takeover. Alcoa withdraws its bid.
July 13, 2007
World & Nation
China formally arrests four Rio Tinto workers
Aug. 13, 2009
Rio Tinto exec gets 10 years in China bribery case
March 29, 2010
Lithium is needed for electric-car batteries. Instead of digging new mines, Rio Tinto is sifting through old waste at a mining site in Boron, Calif.
Oct. 25, 2019
Science & Medicine
If there is life on Mars, scientists believe it’s likely to be tiny organisms that can survive below the planet’s surface, without sunlight or oxygen, nourished by the minerals available even in that harsh environment.
Aug. 24, 2002
In Chinese court, Rio Tinto mining executive admits taking bribes
March 22, 2010