Rio Tinto Commits Funding to Advance Potential Restart, Expansion of U.S. Copper Mine

SUGAR LAND--February 15, 2018--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RIO) (London, England) has made a $368 million commitment to advance a $6 billion project to revive and expand an underground copper mine in Arizona, the global mining and metals corporation said recently. Industrial Info is tracking more than $20.7 billion in active Rio Tinto projects, including more than $7.4 billion in North America. Within this article: Details of the Resolution Copper Project. Additional companies: BHP Billiton plc (NYSE:BHP)