Rio Tinto signs China deal
Monday, March 22, 2010
China's state-backed metals group Chinalco will pay $1.3bn (£0.85bn) for 47 percent of the Simandou project in Guinea.
The tie-up comes amid tensions between China and Australia over next week's trial of four Rio employees on bribery and commercial spying charges.
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