Rio Tinto Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place With Too Much Cash

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Rio Tinto Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place With Too Much Cash
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Rio Tinto's money problems: How to share surplus cash around without upsetting its largest shareholder or banging up against Australia's antitrust regulator.

SYDNEY—Rio Tinto PLC is preparing to share billions of dollars in profits with its investors but is finding its options squeezed by a decade-old restriction that limits how big a stake can be owned by a Chinese investor.

Rio Tinto is forecast to return as much as $4 billion to investors following its half-year result due Thursday, but the miner risks upsetting its largest shareholder—and putting it in potential conflict with Australia’s antitrust regulator—if it again opts to buy back shares in addition to paying a regular...

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