published Jan 15, 2018, 6:29:15 PM, by David Stringer (Bloomberg) — Rio Tinto Group forecasts its iron ore shipments will remain flat this year or rise by 3 percent at most, reinforcing market sentiment that a wave of new supply is turning into a trickle. The world’s second-largest exporter expects

published Nov 9, 2017, 6:01:00 PM, by Thomas Biesheuvel (Bloomberg) —Just five years ago it would have been almost unthinkable that one of the world’s biggest mining companies would not dig any coal. It’s now likely to become a reality. Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-largest miner, has been steadily