Rio Tinto’s chief financial officer Chris Lynch to retire in 2018

Headlines about a Chinese economic slowdown may get good web traffic, but the real story is that China is buying up uranium and other resources around the world.

Las Bambas copper mine, located in Peru, is expected to fetch between $5 and $6 billion.

The London-listed copper miner will pay its shareholders a dividend equivalent to 142% of its full year earnings.

The only stumbling block is the firm's $27bn net debt, which BHP expects to drop below $25bn in three months, removing the final hurdle.

Because harsher than usual Canadian winter forced firm to buy more natural gas, at a much higher cost than expected.

William Gallacher, who founded Athabasca in 2006, is being replaced by Thomas Buchanan.

News that the massive Canadian mine has finally entered production and China's plans for 20 new reactors by 2020 are ahead of schedule lead to broad rally.

The one-time investment has the potential to generate $100-150 billion in benefits every year for the next decade.

The miner may lay off 400 workers at its Romanian subsidiary unless prospects for its Rosia Montana gold and silver mine improve.