Article: RIO TINTO ANNOUNCES HUGE COAL DISCOVERY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

SYDNEY, Feb 6 Asia Pulse - Takeover target Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) Tuesday announced a coal discovery in South Africa of just over one billion tonnes, a day before rival BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) is expected to make a formal takeover bid for the mining conglomerate.

"Rio Tinto has further strengthened its presence in South Africa with the discovery of an open-pittable coal resource of 1.04 billion tonnes in the Limpopo ...

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