BHP, Rio Tinto and Brazilian mining company Vale are the top three suppliers of iron ore to China.

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。

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Instead, Rio Tinto formed an alliance with BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company.

相反，力拓和必和必拓结成联盟，(成为)世界上最大的矿业公司。

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In 2001 the newly merged company was only just bigger than Rio Tinto, an Anglo-Australian miner that is its nearest competitor.

2001年，这家刚合并的公司只是比力拓矿业集团大点。

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It currently owns a 40 percent share of the mine with the remaining interest owned by mining company Rio Tinto, as Rio has stated a desire to pull out of the diamond business.

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