SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rio Tinto <RIO.AX><RIO.L> has named fluent Mandarin speaker Ian Bauert to head its China business, at a time of tense iron ore price talks and a case against four employees accused of illegally obtaining commercial secrets. Bauert, a 30-year Rio Tinto ...

An almost $2 billion deal for Australian packaging company Amcor to buy a big chunk of Rio Tinto's Alcan business has been completed, the companies said Tuesday, helping the global miner reduce its debt and marking a significant expansion for Amcor. The London-based mining giant announced in December it ...

Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto said Tuesday they will cooperate with European regulators probing their proposed iron ore joint venture, which has also raised concerns in China. The European Commission said Monday it would investigate the Anglo-Australian companies' plans to jointly produce iron ore at their West Australian ...

European regulators announced a probe on Monday into Anglo-Australian mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, adding to pressure on the pair from the world's biggest importer China. "The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation ... under European Union rules on restrictive business practices," said a statement from ...