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China has refused a request from the Federal Government to give Australian officials access to the entire court proceedings during the trial of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu. Yahoo!7 Finance News - 7:51 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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China has refused a request from the Federal Government to give Australian officials access to the entire court proceedings during the trial of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu. ABC News : World - 7:32 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Chinalco shells out $1.35 billion to get a slice of Rio Tinto’s Simandou Iron Ore Project spacer

Relations between Australia and China appear to be thawing quickly, just as Rio Tinto (LSE, ASX:RIO) and Chinalco, China's largest aluminium producer, start to look at ways to co-operate again ... Proactive Investors - 5:28 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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by leave-I wish to speak briefly on the government response to the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, which Senator Faulkner has just tabled. The report was tabled ... Greens MPs - 11:58 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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By Debra Mao March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Foreign companies that do business in China will be tracking the criminal trial next week of Rio Tinto Group iron-ore chief Stern Hu ... Bloomberg - 8:55 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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MPs on both sides of politics have expressed concern that consular officials will be barred from parts of the China trial of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu. Yahoo!7 Finance News - 9:51 a.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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China has set a trial date for four Rio Tinto employees on charges including bribery, the Australian government says. BBC business - 7:04 p.m. Wednesday 17th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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The Federal Government says it has been told Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu will go on trial in China next Monday. Yahoo!7 Finance News - 6:51 p.m. Wednesday 17th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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An Australian executive faces trial in China next week in a case that has badly strained relations, the government in Canberra and a Chinese lawyer involved in the case said ... Yahoo! News: World News - 6:47 p.m. Wednesday 17th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu will face trial in China next week accused of industrial espionage and receiving bribes, the government in Canberra said Wednesday. Yahoo! News: World News - 6:31 p.m. Wednesday 17th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu will face trial in China next week accused of industrial espionage and receiving bribes, the government said Wednesday. Yahoo!7 Finance News - 6:28 p.m. Wednesday 17th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- The four Rio Tinto staff charged with infringing commercial secrets and accepting bribes will have their cases heard at a Shanghai court beginning March 22, according ... Market Watch Market Pulse - 5:41 p.m. Wednesday 17th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Rio Tinto and Chinalco are close to signing a $12 billion ($£8 billion) joint venture in Guinea after an official Chinese government report appeared to clear the Anglo-Australian group of ... Times Online (UK) - 7:18 p.m. Tuesday 16th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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TRADE Minister Simon Crean has ... The Australian Business News - 5:34 p.m. Monday 15th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Australia's Trade Minister Simon Crean on Monday reiterated that the Australian government won't intervene in iron ore price negotiations between companies including Rio Tinto Ltd. (RIO.AU) and ... TradingMarkets.com - 1:12 p.m. Monday 15th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Rio Tinto Limited and Rio Tinto plc operate as one business organization (Rio Tinto). Rio Tinto is an international mining company. Rio Tinto’s business is finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Its major products include aluminium, copper, diamonds, coal, uranium, gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc), and iron ore. Rio Tinto’s principal product and global support groups include Aluminum, Copper, Diamonds and Industrial Minerals, Energy, Iron Ore, Exploration and Technology and Innovation. Rio Tinto's Copper group comprises Kennecott Utah Copper in the United States and interests in the copper mines of Escondida, Grasberg, Northparkes and Palabora. Rio Tinto’s Aluminum group consists of integrated, bauxite, alumina and aluminium businesses. The Rio Tinto Energy Group comprises uranium, thermal coal and coking coal operations. On November 14, 2007, Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto acquired Alcan Inc.

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