Rio Tinto adds Ivanhoe Australia to its blowout sale

By Cecilia Jamasmie

Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO) new CEO Sam Walsh, has added the company’s $87 million majority stake in Ivanhoe Australia to its list of assets up for sale, in an ongoing effort to curb costs and bolster the company’s balance sheet.

The giant miner’s Turquoise Hill Resources unit is likely to …read more