EMR Capital, Indonesia's Adaro buy Rio Tinto's last coal mine for $2.25b

EMR Capital, Indonesia's Adaro buy Rio Tinto's last coal mine for $2.25b

Coal is stockpiled in preparation for loading onto ships for export at the Newcastle Coal Terminal in Newcastle, north of Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Photographer: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg

Rio Tinto Group completed its exit from coal with a bang, agreeing to sell more than $4 billion of Australian mines in just a week.

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