Subject: Chinalco (Auminum) sees Rio as key partner - FT
From: "Michael Andrews" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Thad Brown" <[email-masked]>, "Christina Maimone" <[email-masked]>, "Ronnie Mainieri" <[email-masked]>, "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>, "Curt Hastings" <[email-masked]>, "Devon Archer" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:33:32 -0400

Chinalco sees Rio as key partner
Chinalco, the Chinese aluminium group, has no plans to sell down its  
shares in Rio Tinto, viewing the mining house as a key strategic  
partner as Chinalco expands overseas, the FT reports. “We can’t go out  
to fight alone,” said Chinalco chairman Xiong Weiping, explaining that  
co-operation with global miners was essential for overseas  
development. His remarks on strategic co-operation underline the  
challenges that Chinese miners face as their expansion plans run into  
political opposition in resource-rich countries such as Australia.