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Depressed coal prices force job cuts at Rio Tinto’s mine

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2012 | 4:19 pm Base Metals Energy Top Companies Australia Europe Aluminum Coal Diamond 

Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) is looking to reduce costs at its Australia’s Clermont Coal Mine, in central Queensland's Bowen Basin, driven by falling coal prices. "A review is underway and although the details are to be worked out, it will unfortunately...

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