Rio Tinto gets green light for $2.7bn investment

Mining giant Rio Tinto has given the go-ahead to an additional $2.7bn capital investment to modernise its aluminium smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has given the go-ahead to an additional $2.7bn capital investment to modernise its aluminium smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia.

The new investment will allow for completion of the $3.3bn project in 2014.

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