PERTH - Rio Tinto Ltd. (RIO. AU) Chairman Jan du Plessis said Thursday that world financial markets remain fragile, posing risks for the global...

Diversified mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO) reported that its H2 and full year underlying profits more than doubled to $8.2 billion and $14 billion...

Global mining giant Rio Tinto revealed Thursday that annual net profits almost tripled on the back of booming commodities prices and rapid growth in emerging markets.Earnings after tax rocketed to $14.32 billion (10.50 billion euros) last year, compared with ...

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on Thursday posted a 260 percent jump in first-half net earnings to a record 5.85 billion US dollars and said China was key to its future.However, despite forecasts of strong global growth this year and ...

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Thursday posted a 125 percent jump in its first-half earnings to 5.8 billion US dollars, citing recovery in its key markets.Chief chief executive Tom Albanese said the results were a first-half record."We've reaped ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto on Wednesday predicted strong iron ore demand to continue and gave an upbeat outlook for aluminum, defying sharp slides in commodity prices and fears of a double-dip global recession.Chief Executive Tom Albanese, addressing the firm ...

A group of prominent Australian academics and economists Wednesday came out in support of a proposed 40 percent tax on mining profits, as Rio Tinto warned it could "destroy" the nation's reputation.The former head of Australia's competition regulator, Allan ...

British American Tobacco, the world's second biggest cigarette maker, said Wednesday it had appointed Richard Burrows, who resigned as head of ailing Bank of Ireland Group, as its new chairman.The Irishman succeeds Jan du Plessis, who leaves BAT to become ...

British American Tobacco, maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes, said Wednesday it had appointed Richard Burrows, who formerly led Bank of Ireland Group, as its new chairman.Burrows succeeds Jan du Plessis, who was announced as the new chairman of Anglo-Australian ...

British American Tobacco, maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes, is planning to appoint a former governor of the Bank of Ireland as its new chairman, a newspaper reported Sunday.According to The Sunday Times, Richard Burrows, 63, will be named this ...