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 shareholder. According to Whitley, the Australian Financial Review reported that any agreement is likely to include overseas assets, possibly in Mongolia or West Africa.
To contact the reporter on this story: Angus Whitley in Sydney at awhitley1@bloomberg.net