China's Yancoal grabs Rio Tinto’s coal mines in $2.45bn deal

Yancoal Australia (ASX:YAL), a subsidiary of China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining, has agreed to buy Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON:RIO) thermal coal assets in Australia’s Hunter Valley for as much as $2.45 billion, as the world’s second-largest miner speeds up plans to move...