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Rio Tinto interim profits halve in a year
The mining giant Rio Tinto has decided to make a massive investment in new iron ore production in Australia. The move comes despite a huge surplus of iron ore in world markets, and the firm reporting its worst results in more than a decade. Rio Tinto's first half profits were only half as big as last year, amid challenging conditions in commodity markets. It cut nearly $600m of costs in the same period. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Russell Padmore has been speaking to the firm's new chief executive, Jean-Sebastien Jacques.
(Picture: A Rio Tinto operated mine in Mongolia. Picture credit: Getty Images.)
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