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Rio takes razor to aluminium

MINING heavyweight Rio Tinto plans to slash aluminium production by a further 6% and axe 1100 workers from its global aluminium business as part of the miner’s cost-cutting program aimed at reducing its debt.

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Rio takes razor to aluminium

Rio Tinto Alcan today said it plans to reduce aluminium output by 230,000 tonnes - bringing the total production decrease to 450,000 tonnes per annum, or around 11%, of output capacity. As part of its...

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