AAP – Tue, Feb 26, 2013 10:09 PM NZDTA sharp jump in global miner Rio Tinto's debt has led to a downgrade in its credit outlook by ratings agency Standard & Poor's.
S&P downgraded the miner's outlook to negative from stable.
It affirmed Rio's A minus credit rating.
The company's reported gross debt of $26.7 billion at the end of calendar 2012 was up from $21.5 billion at the start, while cash flow had fallen, S&P said.
Labour Party finance spokesman David Parker is throwing his support behind legislation enshrining Parliamentary …
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