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Rio Tinto Sold its Assets in the Country

Rio Tinto Sold its Assets in the Country

The Anglo-Australian giant of the mining industry Rio Tinto announced the sale yesterday of its potassium development project in Argentina and of an iron mine in Brazil for 1.6 billion dollars in order to reduce its gigantic debts.

In Spite of the Crisis, Mining Industry Advances in Mendoza

In Spite of the Crisis, Mining Industry Advances in Mendoza

The luck of the mining industry in Mendoza and the concretion of its bulky investments continue to be tied to the slow (but final) advancement of the concrete projects: Río Tinto and San Jorge, which continue firmly towards their objectives in spite of the international crisis but that continue striving to obtain the declarations for environmental impact that in both cases still holds them back.