Rio Tinto Diamonds Posts $68 Million Loss

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A 46.4 percent drop in Rio Tinto’s diamond sales resulted in a $68 million loss for the company in 2009, the miner reported Thursday. Sales dropped to $450 million and production was reduced by 33 percent to 14.026 million carats for the full year.

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