Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 18-Jul-16

UBS analyst Myles Allsop suggests that Rio Tinto may seek to offload some of its non-core assets under new CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques. Allsop says this could include its thermal coal, diamond and uranium mines, noting that they rarely receive much attention in Rio’s production reports. He also says Rio might also regard assets such as the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea as being non-core. Iron ore accounts for nearly 75 per cent of Rio’s earnings.

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