Rio Tinto completes sale of interest in Bengalla Joint Venture for US$616.7 million

Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its 40 per cent interest in the Bengalla coal Joint Venture in Australia to New Hope Corporation Limited for US$616.7 million1. Rio Tinto has now announced or completed US$4.7 billion2 of divestments since January 2013. A change to the ownership structure of Coal & Allied completed on 3 …