Australia’s corporate watchdog has commenced legal proceedings against Rio Tinto and two former executives over its disastrous $US4 billion foray into Mozambique coal, 17 months after regulators in the UK and US took action on the same matter.
SAM Walsh has been thrust into the big chair at one of the world’s biggest companies, Rio Tinto, which has finally decided to clean up the last of the mess left by the GFC.
Investors blame Rio board for Alcan debacle – The Aus; WA risks ‘best State’ tag – The West; Gas crisis looms for manufacturing, says Brickworks – The Fin; Rinehart urges Rio to move HQ to Perth – The West; QBE joins cost-cutters – The Fin
Sam Walsh has the chance of a lifetime to head one of the world’s biggest companies, but he won’t be chief executive of Rio Tinto for long, and he’s only there because the board has finally decided to
Sam Walsh has been promoted to the top job at Rio Tinto, effective immediately, taking over from Tom Albanese who has quit as chief executive after the miner revealed a $US14 billion writedown.
AS the world enters its fifth year of economic turbulence and even the best-insulated businesses in Western Australia are being affected, the factors that determine business influence in this state ar
Is the window really closing on new investment in Western Australia’s iron ore industry, or are BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto playing their old game of making life tough for junior miners and anyone else
Mining giant Rio Tinto has flagged cutting some of its multi-billion dollar Australian expansion projects amid soaring costs, but says its Western Australian iron ore developments are likely to be una
Marred by European debt crises and uncertainty over China’s growth forecasts, the Australian economy faces increasing headwinds, but getting a handle on the mood of global investors and local business
Rio Tinto will sell 13 of its aluminium units including refineries and smelters as the world's second biggest miner seeks to streamline its Alcan business.
Softening global commodity demand is this month’s worry. Next month there will be “seven billion reminders” as to why the resource boom will run for decades.
THE organisers of the Commonwealth Business Forum to be held in Perth later this year are still hoping to lock in more heads of government to bolster the event’s speaker line-up.
Straight talkin’It was more than a week ago but The Note isn’t too proud to acknowledge that we overlooked a gem during the first act of sifting through last week’s material.One of o
Rio Tinto chief Tom Albanese has been mending fences in China as at least two of the global miner's employees were preparing to plead guilty to taking bribes.
Sam Walsh has been appointed as chief executive of Rio Tinto's Australia operations and will maintain his position in the iron ore division, as the global mining company reshuffles its organisational structure.
Delay carbon plan, warns RBA director; Hundreds of jobs go as crisis hits miners; Stamp duty slump hits state budgets; Housing, retail downturn boost case for rate cut; China demand slowing, admits Rio
Burke faces threat of charges; Stand-off over merger bid; 'Deeper, darker scarier' warning unnerves investors; Steven Goh back with Bell tilt at online trades; PM banks on budget revenue surge.
14 Nov 2007
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