Rio Tinto senior manager sincerely treated with colour in Chinese temptation hearing

By Garry White 459PM GMT twenty-six March 2010

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Mr Hu, an Australian, was arrested in Jul along with 3 Chinese nationals Liu Caikui, Wang Yong and Ge Minqiang and charged with reception bribes and hidden blurb secrets during diligent iron ore pricing talks.

All 4 men were piece of the negotiating group traffic with steel mills opposite the nation on interest of mining hulk Rio Tinto.

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"Stern himself categorically and regularly reliable to us that he has been sincerely treated; my co-worker and I do share his opinion," pronounced counsel Jin Chunqing, of Fangben Law Office in Shanghai.

The outcome will be delivered by Judge Liu Xin at the Shanghai Number One Intermediate Court at 2pm internal time, with the event approaching to be over in about 45 minutes.

The 4 men were arrested only one month after Rio Tinto walked afar from a due $19.5bn (13.1bn) money injection from state-controlled Aluminium Corp of China, well known as Chinalco. Instead, Rio opted for a rights issue and an iron ore corner try with BHP Billiton in the Pilbara segment of Western Australia. Chinalco stays Rio"s largest shareholder and a vital customer.

The issue has stretched family in in between the Australian supervision and China, the largest trade partner.

However, family in in between Rio and Chinaco have thawed recently, with the dual groups similar to set up a corner try in Guinea in West Africa to rise iron ore resources. There is additionally speak of a probable understanding in Mongolia.

The outcome will be suggested as this year"s iron ore pricing talks reach a climax. Annual prices take outcome from Apr 1 each year, but BHP Billiton and Brazil"s Vale, the world"s largest iron ore exporter, have been seeking to move to three-monthly cost environment talks.

An agreement on cost is approaching to be voiced subsequent week.