RIO Tinto has confirmed it will shed 70 jobs from its Australian coal division.
01/04/2009
COAL India (CIL) has rejected proposals from Rio Tinto to develop its abandoned and underground mines, saying the company “falls short of expertise”.
30/01/2009
RIO Tinto has announced it will continue with its mine expansion plans in the Bowen Basin, in central Queensland, despite the global economic problems.
23/02/2009
RIO Tinto has announced a 3.5% salary increase for its staff below the executive director level.
23/03/2009
RIO Tinto Coal Australia is helping to fund the upgrade and sealing of two Clermont grain roads.
31/03/2009
RIO Tinto says that it is recruiting 150 new staff at its Hail Creek coal mine, Queensland.
31/08/2009
RIO Tinto has received a request from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for additional information on the pending sale of its Jacobs Ranch coal mine to Arch Coal.
29/05/2009
QANTAS Chairman and former Rio Tinto Chief Executive Leigh Clifford has been awarded the highest honour in the annual awards conferred by The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM).
25/06/2009
RIO Tinto has sold it’s the Jacob Ranch coal mine in Wyoming to US group Arch Coal for $761m in cash.
10/03/2009
AFTER announcing it will slash 14,000 jobs and cut debt by A$14bn by the end of 2009, Rio Tinto is rumoured to be selling a key stake of its coal unit to China Shenhua Energy.
13/01/2009
RIO Tinto says production at its Clermont Mine is on track to commence in 2010 despite bleak economic conditions.
27/04/2009
YANZHOU Coal is set to bid for Queensland coal miner, Felix Resources in the biggest potential deal between an Australian firm and a Chinese state-owned company since Chinalco's failed bid to double its stake in Rio Tinto.
12/08/2009
RIO Tinto will wait for the right price to shed some of its U.S coal assets, according to the chief executive of its energy and minerals unit.
20/01/2009
RIO Tinto Coal Australia has released its Sustainable Development reporting data for 2008.
18/05/2009
OPEN Text has announced that Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining and exploration companies, has transformed its Web presence through the implementation of Open Text Web Solutions.
06/10/2009
THERE have been delays on the Blackwater rail system after two trains collided but Queensland Rail has reported that operations are now back to normal.
28/04/2009
THE HUNTER Business Chamber is holding four mining forums throughout the remainder of 2009 in a bid to build better links between the region's business sector and the coal industry.
11/08/2009
FIFTY full-time staff will be sent packing from Rio Tinto’s Kestral coal mine in Queensland as the company cuts its output by 15%.
13/01/2009
A RIO Tinto coal mine has won the annual Resources Award for Women - Best Company Initiative for its efforts in recruiting women with no prior mining experience as mine vehicle operators.
11/03/2009
A LIVEABILITY survey hopes to attract and retain mining staff in Mackay by promoting aspects of the region’s liveability.
14/08/2008