Mongolia funding puzzle shows Rio's between a rock and a hard place

RUMOURS are swirling Rio Tinto is about to force a rights issue on cash-strapped Canadian offshoot, Turquoise Hill Resources (TH), the TSX-listed company whose only asset is Oyu Tolgoi - Rio’s flagship copper-gold growth project in Mongolia.

Rio CEO J-S Jacques at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia

30 January 2020
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