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What's for sale at Rio, and who might be buying?

RIO Tinto’s announcement yesterday that it plans to slash 14,000 jobs, cut growth plans and attempt to sell more assets was shocking, but attention has quickly turned to which assets the miner might be flogging off as it tries to reduce a significant debt load.

Kate Haycock

What's for sale at Rio, and who might be buying?

Rumours about the size and timing of Rio’s expected cutbacks emerged in the wake of BHP’s cancelled takeover bid, with news reports out of London earlier in the week suggesting “thousands” of jobs would...

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