Rio kills off BHP deal

By Michael West
Updated March 10 2016 - 2:03pm, first published October 6 2010 - 9:01am
Rio kills off BHP deal
Rio kills off BHP deal

THE biggest merger in Australian history is dead, with the board of Rio Tinto preparing to walk away from a $120 billion iron ore deal to join forces with rival mining company BHP Billiton in the Pilbara desert in Western Australia.

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