Rio Tinto slashes dividend as profit plunges on slower Chinese demand

Rio Tinto RIO-N more than halved its dividend on Wednesday after posting a 38 per cent drop in annual profit, hurt by weaker iron ore prices as demand from China slowed, higher labour and material costs. The Anglo-Australian miner joins other diversified mining companies in reporting lower…

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