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Its former chief executive officer Ivan Glasenberg, who spearheaded the earlier approach to Rio, still owns almost 10 per cent of the company. “It’s funny how history repeats itself,” said ...

A potential combination of Rio Tinto and Glencore would create a $260 billion behemoth, overtaking BHP as the world’s biggest mining company and crucially as the world’s second-largest copper ...

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Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The last time Rio Tinto and Glencore were caught in merger talks, it was all about iron ore. Australia, and the Pilbara ...

But he warned that major M&A deals can present a ‘big risk’ that could ‘derail the whole company’. Rio Tinto, which is worth around £84billion, is the world’s largest producer of iron ore.

Rio Tinto is the world’s second most valuable mining company and shares with its Melbourne-based neighbour BHP the distinction of being valued at more than $100 billion, but only just.

Talks were brief and did not go anywhere, source says A deal could form world's biggest listed miner Rio would likely be interested in Glencore's copper assets but not its coal, analyst says Click ...

Rio Tinto is one of the direct beneficiaries of China's continuing strong appetite for natural resources. The company's operations are generally well-run, large-scale, low-operating-cost assets.