Coronado has expansion options including developments in Queensland, Australia and at Mon Valley in southwest Pennsylvania.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock became a substantial shareholder earlier in September and now owns 10.7%

A feasibility study for the site, which was due this month, will be postponed to October.

It is estimated that 23 million people living on the world’s floodplains are being exposed to potentially dangerous concentrations of toxic waste, a new study finds.

The company also said it will eliminate million liters of diesel it uses per year, rather than offsetting them.

A Pilbara scrub tree and a one square meter rock fell from the overhang of a rock shelter in an area adjacent to the site.

CEO praised Teck as a “mining champion in Canada” that has attracted the interest of other multinational miners but said that Rio is not looking to make a major acquisition at the moment.

The CEO of Rio Tinto Group said his team would liaise with the concerned authorities.