The Latest Breaking News from Rio Tinto

The Nationals have turned the scare rhetoric up to 11, but the energy market operator has already accounted for much of their criticisms

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

The remote Australian mining town of Nhulunbuy celebrates its 50th anniversary in style, while looking towards an uncertain but optimistic future.

Communities around Rio Tinto's shuttered copper mine in Bougainville face a serious threat of flooding due to unstable mine instrastructure, an interim report commissioned by the mining company said on Monday.

After a series of failed legal challenges and their native title being extinguished, a group of Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners are using a human rights act to occupy land at Bravus's Carmichael Coal mine in central Queensland.

A majority of Australian companies have lifted profits in the August earnings season but concerns over costs and a slowing economy weigh on the outlook.

An application from Traditional Owners to block the construction of a fertiliser plant near ancient rock art in the Pilbara was denied by the federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek this week. This decision is deeply concerning, and points to a much larger problem with Indigenous heritage management.

An $8 billion investment in transmission storage infrastructure will be needed if Tomago Aluminium, the state's largest power consumer, is to make the switch to clean energy.

The mining giant pleaded guilty to two charges in the Gladstone Magistrates Court on Friday.