Announcing first-half results that included an 18% decline in underlining earnings, to $4.2 billion, Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh indicated the assets failed to attract a high enough price. "Following ...

The business unit of Rio Tinto that approached Meridian was Pacific Aluminium, the majority shareholder of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters. NZAS is New Zealand’s only aluminium smelter and is ...

Rio Tinto has given up trying to sell its lossmaking Pacific Aluminium subsidiary in a sign of the tough market conditions facing mining groups trying to offload underperforming assets during an ...

MELBOURNE, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Global miner Rio Tinto signalled it has given up hope of ditching its Pacific Aluminium business, as it reported an 18 percent drop in first-half underlying earni… ...

Rio Tinto puts Australian Pacific Aluminium division up for sale - again James Chessell Editor-in-Chief Updated May 18, 2015 – 7.14am , first published at 6.11am ...

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has started mulling a full or partial ASX listing of its multi-billion dollar Pacific Aluminium division, keeping all divestment options on the table.

Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) (RIO.L) is attracting renewed interest in selling its Pacific Aluminium smelting unit by adding two alumina refineries in Australia to the portfolio, according to three sources ...

(ShareCast News) - American firm Century Aluminium and Glencore have been linked to the purchase of Rio Tinto's Pacific Aluminium business, which according to a current listing at Deutsche Bank ...

Canada is exploring financial assistance for major aluminum producers like Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) as the U.S. maintains steep ...

(RTTNews) - Rio Tinto said that its Aluminium Pacific Operations Ore Reserve estimate has decreased by 305 Mt, from 1,530 Mt to 1,224 Mt. The reduction in Ore Reserve estimate is associated with a ...

Aluminerie Alouette is planning to commit up to C$1.5B (~US$1.1B) to modernize its facilities in northern Quebec, and has ...

(RTTNews) - Rio Tinto said that its Aluminium Pacific Operations Ore Reserve estimate has decreased by 305 Mt, from 1,530 Mt to 1,224 Mt. The redu ...