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The Bloomberg reporter Angus Whitley referred to the Australian Financial Review while reporting on March 11 that Rio Tinto Group is in talks with Aluminum Corp. of China about potential joint ventures. Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese is expected to visit Chinalco during a trip to Beijing later this month as the miner explores options for renewed collaboration with its largest single sh

HONG KONG, March 10 - Mongolia Energy Corp, a former technology company that remade itself into a natural resources developer in 2007, will deliver its first coking coal cargo this August and is also looking at projects beyond Mongolia, a senior executive said.

Mineral rich Mongolia is attracting more attention from global investors after a deal in October with Ivanhoe Mine

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Mar 01, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Khan Resources Inc. ("Khan") announced today that it acknowledges that Atomredmetzoloto JSC ("ARMZ"), a Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation, intends to allow its unsolicited offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Khan (the "Shares") for $0.65 per Share to expire. The decision by ARMZ to aba

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto (RIO.L) will increase its stake in Canada's Ivanhoe Mines (IVN.TO) by 2.7 percent to 22.4 percent for $233 million, in a move tied to plans to jointly develop the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia.

March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, will spend C$245 million ($233 million) to increase its holding in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., its partner in the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia.

Rio will buy 15 million shares at C$16.31 each, the London- based company said today in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange. That will lift its holding

Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Energy Resources LLC, a closely held coking coal producer in Mongolia, is considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong or London, the majority shareholder said.

“It’s just an idea at the moment, but we are looking to raise funds and an overseas listing is a good way to raise the profile of the company,” Gankhuyag Adilbish, managing director of MCS Holdin

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is making a $35 million loan available to the Mongolian arm of Australian Contractor, Leighton, to help finance the company's ability to offer contract mining services there.

Foreign mining companies are likely to remain involved in developing Mongolia’s huge Tavan Tolgoi coal project, in spite of government statements indicating that Ulan Bator would prefer to keep 100 per cent equity ownership.

A spokesman for Sükhbaataryn Batbold, the Mongolian prime minister, on Tuesday denied reports that a plan to auction 49 per cent of Tavan Tolgoi to f