Rio Tinto and Glencore have been discussing combining their businesses, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. The Australian mining giant and the Swiss commodities ...

Rio Tinto Group and Glencore Plc have been discussing combining their businesses, which if successful would rank as the largest-ever mining deal and create a behemoth to rival longstanding leader ...

Australia, which has been at the centre of the mining world for two decades, thanks to the likes of Rio Tinto’s iron ore and Glencore’s coal and China’s insatiable demand, is on the outer.

Rio Tinto operates a mine at Lac Tio, about 43 kilometres northeast of Havre-Saint-Pierre, Que., in the Côte-Nord. The ECCC says it identified multiple deposits of harmful substances between ...

Rio Tinto is the world’s second-biggest miner, with a market value of about US$104 billion as trading got underway in London on Friday, while Glencore was valued at about US$56 billion. BHP is worth ...