Commodity-linked companies led gains, with global miner BHP Billiton up 0.9% and Rio Tinto up 1.5%.
His royalty agreement with Rio Tinto, a London-based multinational, soon made him a multimillionaire.
Mitchell doesn't favor Rio Tinto as merely a minor part of its operations is in nukes.
For instance, Rio Tinto Alcan said it plans to close its U.K.-based Lynemouth smelter.
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The list includes Anglo American, Aquila Resources, BHP Billiton, Macarthur Coal, Rio Tinto, Vale, and Xstrata.
Rio Tinto Plc had an annual average earnings growth of 30.7% over the past 10 years.
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Rio Tinto recently reported its results for the 6 months ended June 30th, 2012.
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The company competes with other international Aluminum giants like Rusal, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Chalco.
They have detained an Australian businessman who works for Rio Tinto, accusing him of taking bribes.
Australian mining giants BHP Billiton fell 2.5 percent and Rio Tinto Ltd. shed 2.1 percent.
The annual turnover of employees has reached 100% at some of Rio Tinto's sub-contractors.
Rio Tinto has operations across six continents, but primarily focuses its operations in Australia and Canada.
The proposal was for one Rio Tinto share to be swapped for three shares in BHP.
Among the stocks he likes are BHP Billiton, Eurasian Natural Resources, Rio Tinto and Vedanta Resources.
Diamonds from the mine likely to come into commercial production in 2016, Rio Tinto said.
However, Rio Tinto said it expects growth in China to rebound in the coming months.
The tax was highly unpopular with mining companies such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
Rio Tinto cited problems with infrastructure access and quality concerns at Riversdale's Mozambique operations.
We have lowered our price estimate for Rio Tinto in light of changing market conditions.
Unlike Fortescue, Rio Tinto's survival was not in doubt, but it faced an extraordinarily difficult refinancing.
Over the last month, Vale shares have underperformed in rivals BHP Billiton (BHP) and Rio Tinto (RIO).
Rio Tinto's scale it is one of the world's biggest mining firms should help it cope with these pressures.
Rio Tinto is working aggressively to develop additional resource base of coal to meet the rising demand.
Rival Rio Tinto Ltd. added 1.4% after reporting a more modest 2% gain in quarterly iron-ore output.
It also sponsors the Olympic program of Mongolia, where Rio Tinto operates the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine.
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Anglesey Aluminium is jointly owned by Rio Tinto Alcan and Kaiser Aluminium and was formed in 1971.
Rio Tinto, an Anglo-Australian mining company, recently said it was withdrawing from a gold-mining project in Kurdistan.
Mining company Rio Tinto has turned to driverless trucks to operate mines in Western Australia.
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In Sydney, however, miners moved higher, with Rio Tinto rising 1.7% and Alumina closing with a 3.7% gain.
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