"China has charged four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto, including an Australian national, with violating bribery and trade secret laws, the state news agency Xinhua reports." Join discussion...

Mining company Rio Tinto has suspended iron ore pricing negotiations with China because of the detention of its executive Stern Hu. Join discussion...

IN A development which could resurrect the pricing spat between iron ore miners and China, the spot price of iron ore, which reached more than $US100 a tonne last month, has crashed to ~$60. Join discussion...

BHP/Rio suspending spot market sales of iron ore. Read the last paragraph- if true, it can develop into iron ore trade war. Join discussion...

"The Chinese government says it has proof that four senior Rio Tinto executives detained in Shanghai stole state secrets." Join discussion...

More games played by the Chinese Join discussion...

China threatening to flex its economic muscle here- trade sanctions on BHP-RIO. Join discussion...

If the Chinese investors perceives investing in Australia as fraught with politically risky, then it'll be Australia in the losing end in the long run. Join discussion...

This will leave a bad taste on future Chinese investments in Australia. If that happens, who will fund Australia's current account deficit? Join discussion...

An interesting view of Australia from the Americans. The issue is focused on China's economic might in purchasing Aussie assets. Join discussion...