TIMELINE-Rio Tinto faces fraud charges over Mozambique coal investment
October 18, 2017 at 01:10 AM EDT
SYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged mining company Rio Tinto Plc and two of its former top executives with fraud, saying they inflated the value of coal assets in Mozambique and concealed critical information while tapping the market for billions of dollars.