News
25 January 2017

Rio Tinto nears exit from coal with $2.45bn mines sale

Region:
Asia-Pacific, Europe

London-headquartered Rio Tinto Group is selling most of its coal mines to a company controlled by China's Yanzhou Coal Mining, edging it nearer to an exit from thermal coal. The sale includes Rio's biggest Australian coal operation in the Hunter Valley region.

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