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STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN WEAKER - MARCH 2, 2009.
SYDNEY, March 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian stock market opened weaker on Monday led by the resources sector and after losses on Wall Street.
By 1015 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 73.3 points, or 2.19 per cent, at 3,271.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index had shed 68.4 points, or 2.07 per cent, to 3,228.5.
On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 61 points to 3,255 on a volume of 6,265 contracts.
In the resources sector, market giant BHP Billiton shed 81 cents to $28.02 while rival Rio Tinto was down $2.61 at .64.
In Sydney this morning, the new president of Chinese aluminium producer, Chinalco, will brief the media on his company's plans for its investment in Rio Tinto.
The banking sector was lower, too.
...- Rio Tinto Earnings up 33 Per Cent.
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 3, 2000 700+ words
...synergies between Rio Tinto's iron ore operations...little doubt that Rio Tinto is the logical acquirer. "Rio Tinto's cash flow from...initial 14.5 per cent stake in North, the...Earnings per share 49.4 cents 37.2 cents +33...
- Rio Tinto Announces Underlying Earnings of $10.3 Billion - up 38 Per...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 12, 2009 700+ words
...from operations up 64 per cent to a record of $20.7...8.5 billion, 71 per cent higher than 2007. 2009...dividend maintained at 136 US cents * Rio Tinto Alcan integration achieved...year, a rise of 38 per cent on the prior year. The...
- Rio Tinto H1 net profit up 75 per cent.
- News wire article from: Bulletin Wire August 3, 2006 700+ words
...increased by 52 per cent to $US5.202...of last year. Rio Tinto declared an interim dividend of 40 US cents per share, a rise of 3.9 per cent on the 38.5 US cents first half dividend...declared last year. Rio Tinto shares closed at...
- Rio Tinto Zimbabwe Limited, Which is 56 Per Cent Owned by Rio Tinto - NYSE:RTP...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 26, 2001 700+ words
...215 Dividends per share (cents) 0 450 Interim (cents) 0 200 Final (cents) 0 250 Number of shares...by the joint venture with Rio Tinto plc was Z$94 million with...Prospect is owned by 50 per cent Rio Tinto Zimbabwe and 50...
- Rio Tinto Earnings Grow 18 per cent to US$1,507 million.
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 5, 2001 700+ words
...million, up 18 per cent on previous year...business," said Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) chairman...now wholly owned by Rio Tinto; North Limited with...around 4.7 per cent was the highest in...Earnings per share - cents 109.8 93.6...
- Rio Tinto says iron ore production down one per cent.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 23, 2002 700+ words
(From AAP News) PERTH, Oct 23 AAP - Global mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd today reported a one per cent drop in iron ore production in the September quarter. However, the company said its subsidiary Hamersley Iron's shipments in...
- Coal & Allied Industries, an Australian public company, which is 70.9 per cent...
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 30, 2001 700+ words
Business Editors SYDNEY, AustraliaBUSINESS WIREJan. 30, 2001 Completion of purchase of Peabody's coal assets Coal & Allied Industries Limited has completed the purchase of Peabody's Australian subsidiaries pursuant to a sale and purchase agreement signed on 26 December 2000.
- Rio Tinto - Stake in Ivanhoe Mines.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 18, 2006 700+ words
...holding in Ivanhoe to 40 per cent. "Rio Tinto is pleased to be able to...This investment will give Rio Tinto 9.95 per cent of Ivanhoe issued share capital...diluted basis (34.33 per cent undiluted). Rio Tinto has no present intention...
- Rio Tinto Alcan curtails production and cuts costs in response to global...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 20, 2009 700+ words
...totalling five per cent of global production, Rio Tinto Alcan plans to...approximately 11 per cent of its total annualised...programme across all Rio Tinto Alcan regions...grade alumina, Rio Tinto Alcan will curtail...France by 15 per cent or approximately...
- Rio Tinto recommends rejection of TRC Capital's below market mini-tender offer.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 16, 2007 700+ words
...ordinary shares of Rio Tinto plc, which in aggregate...approximately 0.1 per cent of its outstanding shares. Rio Tinto cautions holders of...approximately 2.2 per cent below the US$447...ADS closing price of Rio Tinto's ADS on November...
Source: HighBeam Research, STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN WEAKER - MARCH 2, 2009.