Rio Tinto to pay former CEO withheld bonuses

Diversified miner Rio Tinto will pay former CEO Sam Walsh a reported A$6.8-million in deferred payments, as investigations around payments to consultants at the Simandou iron-ore project, in Guinea, continue.

Walsh, who was CEO of Rio at the time the $10.5-million payments were made in 2011, had initially reached an agreement with Rio to defer incentive plan awards.