Last week Rio said that it was considering a rights issue, but that would doubtless need to be deeply discounted.

上周，力拓表示正在考虑一项増股方案，但是增发的股份无疑会大幅折价发行。

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Rio said it was lifting planned capital expenditures 25% to $5 billion this year to accelerate coal and iron-ore projects.

力拓表示，正在将今年计划的资本支出增加25%，至50亿美元，以便加快煤炭和铁矿石项目的开发。

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People close to Rio said yesterday that the offer “isn’t even close” to a level that would tempt the company into a friendly deal with BHP.

熟悉力拓情况的人士昨日表示，上述出价“甚至都不接近”令该公司有兴趣与必和必拓达成友好交易的水平。

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The improved bid offers "a highly attractive premium", Rio said.

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Rio said that if the ruling was made, it would mean that BHP must "either announce a firm intention to make an offer... or announce that it does not intend to make an offer".

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Diamonds from the mine likely to come into commercial production in 2016, Rio Tinto said.

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