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Rio Tinto to help rebuild flood-ravaged Fitzroy Crossing in lieu of payment for radioactive capsule search

Rio Tinto offers $4 million towards rebuilding flood-ravaged Fitzroy Crossing in WA's north, as payment for the painstaking search to find a tiny radioactive capsule it lost last month.

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Troy Johnston death: Indonesian man arrested after Australian Rio Tinto worker dies in Bali bar

Perth man, who worked for Rio Tinto, dead after altercation in South Kuta bar

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The American right has gone to war with 'woke capitalism' – here's what they get wrong

Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor and likely future presidential contender, has opened up a new front in his party’s war on “woke capitalism”. He is proposing to change the rules around how public bodies within Florida borrow from the markets by issuing bonds.

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Rio Tinto slashes dividend as outlook for FTSE 100 payouts darkens

City experts suggest the record run for dividends may have peaked after sending the FTSE 100 above 8000

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live: Lloyds posts annual results, Rio Tinto cuts dividend

Lloyds Banking Group today revealed unchanged annual profits of £6.9 billion as the lender benefited from a year of rising interest rates.

Evening Standard

Rio Tinto's profit, dividend lower amid cost pressures

Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm has expressed confidence about the global economic outlook as the mining giant recorded a fall in earnings.

AAP

Sustainable aluminium demand stacked in Tiwai Point's favour

Multinational mining, refining and smelting company Rio Tinto will use its Bluff smelter to supply a big Japanese motorbike maker that wants lower emissions aluminium, writes Andrew Bevin.

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Technology company accused of price fixes at mine sites

The corporate watchdog has launched legal action against a technology company over alleged price fixing and tender rigging at Rio Tinto and FMG mine sites.

AAP

What the heck was that radioactive capsule emergency in Western Australia all about?

It began as the scarcely believable tale of a very tiny and very lost radioactive "Tic Tac" in the Australian desert, and ended up a planet-sized news story.

ABC News

Loss of radioactive capsule must be investigated, resources minister says

The loss of the tiny widget sparked a huge search in WA when it bounced out of a contractor's truck. The federal resources minister and a risk expert say a lesson needs to be learnt.

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‘Relatively common’: WA’s lost-and-found radioactive capsule not the only missing material around

The tiny capsule that fell out of a Perth-bound truck captured the world’s attention, but experts say hundreds of radioactive sources go missing each year

The Guardian - AU

I’ve left my keys in the bin and my wallet in the fridge. But even I’ve never mislaid radioactive material

My heart went out to whoever lost Rio Tinto’s dangerous capsule in the Australian outback. There but for the grace of God …

The Guardian - UK

Staggering recovery of tiny radioactive capsule in Western Australia still leaves many questions unanswered

The Tic Tac-sized radioactive capsule arrives in Perth after its disappearance in Western Australia's outback sparked a frantic search.

ABC News

First pictures released of tiny but deadly radioactive capsule recovered after 'relentless' search of Australian outback

Authorities feared they could be searching for the potentially deadly devise for up to a year.

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Missing radioactive capsule FOUND after huge search - and it's the size of a pea

The miniscule capsule, which measures 8mm by 6mm, contains cauesium - which is commonly used in radiation gauges and emits dangerous emissions at the equivalent of undergoing 10 X-rays in an hour. It could cause skin burns and even cancer

Al Jazeera

Dangerous missing radioactive capsule found in Australia

Emergency Services say they have ‘quite literally found the needle in the haystack’ after nearly a week-long search.

Reuters

Australia aims for bigger fines a week into Outback hunt for radioactive capsule

Authorities in Australia aim to toughen up laws on the mishandling of radioactive material as a search for a hazardous capsule that a mining company lost in the Outback enters a seventh day.

Bangkok Post

Search for radioactive capsule lost somewhere in Australia

SYDNEY: Mining giant Rio Tinto has lost a tiny, toxic radioactive widget in Western Australia, somewhere along on a 1,400 kilometre stretch of isolated highway through the arid Outback.

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A tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule is found in Western Australia

The silver capsule the size of a pea had been lost in transit last month on the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia. "We have essentially found the needle in the haystack," one official said.

The Independent UK

The race to find an 8mm radioactive capsule lost on an 870-mile stretch of Australian Outback

A mining company dropped a tiny capsule of caesium-137 somewhere along an 870-mile stretch of Western Australia’s Great Northern Highway. The plan is to find it before someone gets hurt, Liam James reports

Reuters

Explainer-How did a radioactive capsule go missing in Australia and how dangerous is it?

Australian authorities are mounting an extensive search for a tiny radioactive capsule believed to have fallen out of a road train - a truck with multiple trailers - that travelled 1,400 km (870 miles) in Western Australia. Here's what you need to know:

AAP

Nuclear safety agency joins radioactive capsule hunt

The painstaking search along a 1400km route in Western Australia for a missing radioactive capsule which fell off a truck is expected to take five days.

Fortune

Tiny radioactive capsule lost in Australian outback carries the equivalent of 10 X-ray blasts as fears mount it could be picked up by passing traffic

The item, which is 6 mm by 8 mm in size, may have been caught in the tires of passing vehicles and taken off track to where teams are searching.

France 24

Mining group Rio Tinto apologises for losing radioactive capsule in Western Australia

The mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised after losing a radioactive capsule in Western Australia. The tiny object disappeared along a 1,400-kilometre route between a mining site and Perth. It could put any person within a 5-metre radius at risk. Local authorities have launched investigations to understand how the capsule…

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Rio Tinto "sorry for alarm" amid search for tiny radioactive capsule missing in Australia

The exposure risk was low, but it "could cause radiation burns or radiation sickness," authorities in Western Australia said.

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