中铝要支付123亿美元用于购买力拓铁矿石、铜和铝资产的股权，另外支付72亿美元用于购买可转债，这将使中铝持有力拓股权翻倍至18%。
Chinalco was to have paid $12.3bn for stakes in Rio's iron ore, copper and aluminium assets and $7.2bn for convertible notes that would double its equity stake in Rio to 18%.
力拓矿业公司的一名发言人说，这是一项“非常重要的”交易。铁矿石和铜、铝一样，都是该公司的主要商品。
A spokesman for Rio Tinto said the deal was "very significant," as iron ore is one of the company's key commodities, along with copper and aluminum.
力拓拘留案给今年的铁矿石价格谈判罩上了阴影。
The detentions have overshadowed this year's price talks on iron ore.
问：是否还有其他与力拓案有关的外国铁矿石企业也在接受调查？
Q: Are there any foreign iron ore enterprises related to Rio Tinto case under investigation?
同时，力拓、必和必拓和淡水河谷在铁矿石谈判中采取了更强硬的措施。
Around the same time, Rio Tinto, BHP and Vale took a tougher line in the iron ore negotiations.
直到被拘留前，胡士泰一直是力拓与中国铁矿石价格谈判的负责人。
Until he was detained, Mr Hu had been in charge of Rio's iron ore price negotiations with China.
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.
一方面，力拓公司与中国的关系是十分清楚的：由于中国对铁矿石的巨大需求，2009年，该矿业巨头有四分之一的收入来自中国。
In ONE respect Rio Tinto's relationship with China is clear. That country accounted for a quarter of the mining giant's revenues in 2009, mainly because of China's voracious appetite for iron ore.
今年，力拓公司的利润四分之三来自于销售铁矿石。
Rio Tinto made more than three quarters of its profits from iron ore this year.
必和必拓和力拓的谈判结果好于淡水河谷的原因之一在于今年以来铁矿石的现货价仍非常强劲，一直在每吨185美元附近波动。
Part of the reason that BHP and Rio Tinto may have done better than Vale in negotiations is because the spot price for iron ore has remained quite strong all year, hovering around $185 a metric ton.
某种程度上受需求增长的刺激，铁矿石价格上扬，带动了力拓和其他大矿石商销售和利润的增长。
Spurred in part by rising demand, iron-ore prices marched upward, driving sales and profits for Rio Tinto and other big miners.
他们关心的主要问题是，力拓利润的80%来自一种矿产品：铁矿石。
Their main concern is that Rio earned nearly 80% of its profits from a single commodity: iron ore.
伦敦股市方面，力拓集团股价攀升至两年来新高，此前该集团宣布铁矿石产量创下记录。
Rio Tinto Group climbed to a two-year high in London after reporting record iron ore production.
2008年，欧盟反对必和必拓收购力拓，因为欧洲钢铁制造商认为这会导致铁矿石价格上涨。
EU objections helped derail BHP's 2008 bid for Rio Tinto, prompted by complaints from European steelmakers that it could raise iron ore prices.
力拓和必和必拓分别是全球第二和第三铁矿石生产商。
Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are the world's second and third-largest iron ore producers, respectively.
受铁矿石价格大跌影响，全球矿业巨擘力拓2009年度下半年利润减少23%。
Mining giant Rio Tinto has recorded a massive 23% decline in the 2nd half-year profit in 2009 due to a fall in iron ore prices.
力拓集团公布第三季度铁矿石产量增加到4760万公吨，高出去年的4700万公吨。
The world’s third-largest mining company said third-quarter iron ore output rose to 47.6 million metric tons from 47 million tons a year earlier.
力拓2003年的净收入为14亿美元，而现在的年收入超过100亿美元，其中70%来自铁矿石。
Rio Tinto, which had a net income of $1.4 billion in 2003, now earns more than $10 billion a year, and 70 percent of those profits are from iron ore.
必和必拓、力拓及巴西淡水河谷矿业公司是中国的三大铁矿石国际供应商。
BHP, Rio Tinto and Brazilian mining company Vale are the top three suppliers of iron ore to China.
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.
澳大利亚的民族主义情绪和英国的股东怒火，迫使力拓放弃了这笔交易，重新转向必和必拓。两家矿商最终达成了设立铁矿石合资企业的协议。
Nationalist opposition in Australia and shareholder fury in the UK forced Rio to abandon that deal and return to BHP, and the two miners finally agreed a joint venture in iron ore.
力拓近30%的收益来自于铁矿石业务，而必和必拓的这个比例约为15%。
Nearly 30% of Rio Tinto's earnings come from iron-ore operations, compared with about 15% for BHP.
另一种可能是，如果企划者施加过多条件，力拓则可能会放弃铁矿石合资企业计划。
Another possibility is that Rio will pull out of the planned iron-ore joint venture if regulators impose too many conditions.
必和必拓和力拓分别是全球第二、第三大铁矿石生产商，铁矿石是钢铁的关键成分。
BHP and Rio are the world's second and third-biggest producers of the metal that is steel's key ingredient.
必和必拓和力拓分别是全球第二、第三大铁矿石生产商，铁矿石是钢铁的关键成分。
BHP and Rio are the world's second and third-biggest producers of the metal that is steel's key ingredient.
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