Rio Tinto PLC on Wednesday said a plane carrying its employees crashed on its way to the Diavik mine in Canada, resulting in fatalities.
The crash happened near Forth Smith, Northwest Territories in.
Stocks in London are expected to open higher on Wednesday, following a largely positive performance in New York.
US earnings season continues to ramp up, with Netflix jumping 8.7% in after-hours.
Rio Tinto will lead the development of Australia s largest solar power project near Gladstone, after agreeing to purchase all the electricity from the 1.1 GW1 Upper Calliope solar farm to supply.
Plans to develop a 1.1-gigawatt solar farm in Gladstone, Australia, received a major boost on Wednesday when mining giant Rio Tinto announced that it had.