Rio Tinto News

's stock had its "outperform" rating reaffirmed by Credit Suisse in a research note issued on Thursday, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

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Rio Tinto PLC has cut about 100 jobs at its copper operation in Utah and warned further positions will be cut later this month as it moves to reduce operating costs after a large part of the pit wall collapsed at its Bingham Canyon mine last month.

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Vale and Rio Tinto have been accused of neglecting locals at its Mozambique project.

's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Jefferies Group in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports.

RIO Tinto's cost cutting measures have continued with its iron ore business getting a major restructure with president Greg Lilleyman taking on a new role.

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U.K.'s benchmark stock index flirted with a more than 12-year high on Tuesday, with mining firms recouping parts of the prior day's losses and Capita PLC rallying after contract news.

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Australia's biggest iron ore miner, Rio Tinto, is continuing with development to boost production capacity to 290 million tonnes a year.

The U.K.'s benchmark index ended a 10-day winning streak on Thursday, hurt by oil stocks declining in the wake of a European Commission probe into alleged oil-price fixing.

Last month's landslide at Utah's Bingham Canyon, one of the world's largest copper mines, triggered significant discussion on possible copper shortages.

U.K. stocks extended gains into a ninth straight day on Tuesday, with Severn Trent PLC soaring after bid news, while miners added pressure after a sector downgrade.

New bosses at two of the world's largest mining companies, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto , wooed investors on Tuesday with promises to slash billions of dollars of spending and press ahead with asset sales, boosting returns.

Mining titan Rio Tinto PLC is cutting capital expenditure and operating costs, selling non-core assets as well as ramping up production, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.

Rio Tinto, a major producer of iron ore, said it expects Chinese demand for the steelmaking commodity to rise this year, Reuters reported.

Shares of declining banks and resource firms pulled the U.K.'s stock benchmark off its 51/2-year high on Monday, after Chinese industrial-production data missed expectations.