世界第二大铁矿石出口商力拓公司上星期报告说，该公司去年第四季度的业绩上涨了49%。

Last week Rio Tinto, the world's second-largest iron ore exporter, reported a 49 percent gain in fourth-quarter output.

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目前，巴西淡水河谷以及英澳矿商力拓和必和必拓，正与以新日铁为首的日本钢铁企业启动它们所谓的年度“基准”谈判。

The move comes as miners Vale of Brazil and Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton start their so-called "benchmark" annual talks with steel companies in Japan, led by Nippon Steel.

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这削弱了这样一种说法，即中铝作为一家不需要铁矿石的铝制造商，会企图说服力拓廉价出售产品给中国公司。

That undermines the idea that Chinalco, an aluminium maker with no need of iron ore, would seek to persuade Rio to sell cheaply to China Inc.

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