Row as Rio Tinto staff are seized in China
Friday, July 17th, 2009A MAJOR diplomatic row was brewing last night between resource-rich Australia and its biggest customer, China, after four steel industry analysts for the mining giant Rio Tinto were detained over spying allegations during iron ore price talks.
The four analysts, including a Shanghai-based Australian Stern Hu, in charge of Rio Tinto’s Chinese iron ore business, were [...]