CASPER, Wyo.—Rio Tinto Group says the company’s layoff plans for the coming year won’t include employees in company coal mines in Wyoming, Colorado and Montana.
Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest miners, announced this week that it will cut 14,000 jobs worldwide and reduce capital investment as part of new measures to reduce its debt amid waning demand for iron ore and other metals.
Bob Green is director of sustainable development for Rio Tinto Energy America group, which includes three coal mines in Wyoming and one each in Colorado and Montana.
Green tells the Casper Star-Tribune newspaper on Friday that there are no plans for layoffs at Rio Tinto Energy America. Rio Tinto put its Energy America assets up for sale a year ago and they’re still on the market.
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Information from: Star-Tribune,
