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Incumbent Favored Over Wrestler in Mongolia Polls
race, has pledged to review a multibillion-dollar investment agreement signed with Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto , and has sworn to fight corruption regardless of who is implicated. "I will not discriminate based on the notion that
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The Note's Must-Reads for Monday, December 31, 2012
Congress to reach a budget agreement to avert automatic tax increases and spending cuts. BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) and Rio Tinto Group , the world's largest mining companies, led declines among companies with earnings closely tied to economic growth
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Stimulus Slammed: Republican Senators Release Report Alleging Waste2009, long before the Gulf spill, and that the award went to a joint venture that is a 50/50 cost-share between Rio Tinto and BP -- so BP is not the primary awardee. In addition, it turns out the $308 million awarded is only made up of
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The Most Dangerous Mines in America
kind of level of violations that you're talking about at any of our mines," said Preston Chiaro, an executive with Rio Tinto , a mining and exploration company, according to an Associated Press report. Steven F. Leer, chairman and CEO of
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Bemis paying $1.2B for Alcan Packaging assets
stock for the packaging business of Rio Tinto RTP and become the world's dominant latest by Anglo-Australian miner Rio to reduce its debt, which is about with Alcan," said Guy Elliott, Rio Tinto 's chief financial officer. "The
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Abu Dhabi: The Greenest Gas Guzzler
energy diversity,” said Luis Gilles, head of Hydrogen Energy, a green energy joint venture between BP and mining group Rio Tinto . But a better line came from Pascal Husting of Greenpeace, quoting Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the former Saudi oil minister
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Boom in Australia goes bust as global slowdown hits
than $10 billion to jump-start the economy. For now, businesses are hunkering down. Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto just announced plans to slash 14,000 of its 112,000 jobs. Drill Technics, its rigs running just half the time
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The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, December 10, 2008
David M. Herszenhorn: "Democrats and Bush Near Deal on Auto Bailout" LINK The New York Times' Bettina Wassener: " Rio Tinto to Slash 14,000 Jobs" LINK The New York Times' Mark Landler: "Dire Forecast for Global Economy and Trade" LINK The New York Times' Karen Ann Cullotta
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Asian stock markets leap higher on China stimulus plan
stimulus measures would underpin demand for resources. BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, added 7%, and Rio Tinto advanced almost 8%. Australian shares also were helped by speculation that the country's central bank would cut interest
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U.S. stocks look lower, Europe flattens out
coordinated global action to tackle the financial crisis had helped to avert a worldwide catastrophe. Resource giant Rio Tinto helped lead the way, soaring more than 12%. "In all we're in a better place and conditions are better than two weeks
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European markets drop after Nikkei slump
oil, which has fallen another $1.88 to $72.66, a new 13-month low. Commodity stocks are also in retreat after Rio Tinto PLC, one of the world's biggest mining giants, warned of slowing raw material demand from China, the world's biggest
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Forget Oil, Coal Remains King
about $7, adjusting for splits. Boyce, 53, a lifelong mining executive who previously headed international coal giant Rio Tinto in London, decided to tap a ravenous appetite for coal in developing economies such as China and India. At Peabody
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20 Questions to Succeed in Business
on a handful of companies for its iron feedstock. If two of those big guys should get together--as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have been discussing--they would have significant pricing power, potentially crimping steel producers' margins
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