MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Representatives of Rio Tinto have come to Russia to visit potash producer Uralkali which is seen as a potential acquisition target for the mining giant, Vedomosti ...

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO.L) has agreed with major Japanese steelmakers to reduce its iron ore price for October-December by roughly 13 percent from the ...

TORONTO - Ivanhoe Mines expects to process the first ore from its flagship Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia in the fourth quarter of 2012, the company has said. Ivanhoe, led by colorful ...

By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Basic Materials sector as measured by relative performance. Lowest relative performance is a comparison between a share and its peers made to ...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sep 07, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Kiska Metals Corporation ("Kiska" or the "Company") (TSX:CA:KSK) has completed three separate purchase agreements to acquire ...

By James Regan SYDNEY (Reuters) - The formation of Australia's Labor minority government, supported by independent and Green MPs, will see iron ore and coal miners hit by a new resource tax, but ...

Rio Tinto has begun a fly-in, fly-out program in Derby in a bid to bolster its workforce on the Pilbara mines. Seven workers have signed up to the scheme that will see them work two weeks on and ...

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australian shares traded little changed Tuesday morning, as the markets awaited a central bank policy decision and a likely announcement over which political party ...

This afternoon I spoke to a man who should have sounded very weary. Instead, Scott Singer, CPO of mining giant Rio Tinto, could barely have sounded more enthusiastic about the challenge in front ...