Rio Tinto and BHP, along with Australian steelmaker BlueScope, have agreed to jointly investigate the development of the nation's first ironmaking electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant.
Synopsis:Dampier Salt Limited announces the A$375 million ($251 million) sale of its Lake MacLeod salt and gypsum operation in Western Australia to Leichhardt I
Rio Tinto said on Tuesday
its Dampier Salt joint venture will sell the Lake MacLeod salt
and gypsum operations in Western Australia to Leichhardt
Industrials Group, which is backed by former Dow.