By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto beat expectations on Wednesday for quarterly iron ore and copper ...

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto reported a 7% rise in its fourth-quarter iron ore shipments on Wednesday, aided by record ...

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) sees increase in iron ore production and shipments, as well as strong performance in copper and lithium ...

Rio Tinto has been investing in metals such as copper and lithium, seeking to lessen its reliance on steelmaking commodity iron ore for the bulk of its profits. It expects demand ...

BHP (ASX:BHP,NYSE:BHP,LSE:BHP) and Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO,NYSE:RIO,LSE:RIO) are collaborating to extract up to 200 million tonnes ...

The miners agreed to work together on some new projects at neighboring iron-ore mines that could help bolster future production of the steel ingredient.

The deal would create a mining company with a market value of more than $200 billion, as a scramble for copper and other metals drives an industry return to big acquisitions.

Rio Tinto (RIO) shares snapped seven straight sessions of gains, as the stock closed marginally lower at $80.8 on Wednesday. The iron ore supplier gained about 7% in the preceding seven sessions.

Swiss resources giant Glencore said Friday it is in merger talks with British-Australian rival Rio Tinto, potentially creating the world's biggest mining group. Glencore said it was in preliminary ...

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