Chinalco's Yarwun 2 funding deadline extended - Rio

Global miner Rio Tinto has agreed to extend the deadline by which major Chinese shareholder Chinalco must confirm whether it will help fund the planned expansion of Rio Tinto's Yarwun 2 alumina refinery.

Chinalco now has until June 15 to confirm its participation in the funding, Rio Tinto said in a statement on Monday. The expansion project is now 29 percent complete, it added.

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