{
  "id": 708712,
  "title": "Rio Tinto Aluminum Smelter Receives $1.8 Billion Bailout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/rio-tinto-aluminum-smelter-receives-1-8-billion-bailout",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T21:48:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/rio-tinto-aluminum-smelter-gets-1-8-billion-australian-bailout"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The owners of Australia’s biggest aluminum smelter, including Rio Tinto Group, secured a government bailout of A$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) to keep the plant operating as they grapple with high energy costs.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "Rio Tinto Aluminum Smelter Gets $1.8 Billion Australian Bailout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/rio-tinto-aluminum-smelter-gets-1-8-billion-australian-bailout",
        "published": "2026-08-12T21:21:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}