Rio Tinto PLC

Application by defendants Rio Tinto Plc, Rio Tinto Limited, Jean-Sébastien Jacques, and Arnaud Soirat to take discovery from Maurice Duffy, described as a resident of Tyne and Wear, England, and "a former contractor with Rio Tinto", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint alleging securities fraud in Anthony Franchi v. Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., described as a Canadian "international mining company focused on the operation and development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Southern Mongolia, which is the Company's principal and only material resource property" whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Ulf Quellmann, Brendan Lane, Luke Colton, Rio Tinto Plc, of England; Rio Tinto Limited, of Australia; Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited, of England; Jean-Sébastien Jacques, and Arnaud Soirat at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by Benjamin Steinmetz, of Israel, described as an "adviser" to BSG Resources Limited, "a Guernsey-based international mining and natural resources company", to take discovery from Vale SA, described as a Brazil company that is "one of the largest mining companies in the world"; Vale Americas Inc., Rio Tinto Plc, and Rio Tinto Limited for use in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom involving Vale S.A., of Brazil; Vale Holdings B.V., of the Netherlands, and Vale International S.A., of Switzerland, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Captive manager International Risk Management (Bermuda) Ltd. is fighting a $200 million lawsuit filed in the United States by British-based minerals giant Rio Tinto PLC.In the lawsuit, IRMBL has been accused of mismanaging Rio Tinto's Bermuda-registered captive, Three Crowns Insurance Company Ltd., by failing to obtain adequate reinsurance coverage.Other defendants are Three Crown's reinsurance brokers: Minet Ltd., Alexander & Alexander of California Inc., Jardine Insurance Brokers Inc., Emett & Chandler Inc., Aon Risk Services Inc. of Northern California Insurance Services and Aon Corporation.