Rio Tinto, UNPAD sign deal

Rio Tinto, UNPAD sign deal

JAKARTA (JP): Rio Tinto Foundation, established by mining
company PT Rio Tinto Indonesia, has signed a cooperation
agreement with Padjadjaran University (UNPAD) of Bandung, West
Java, to promote geological studies.

Rio Tinto Indonesia is a unit of Anglo-Australian giant mining
company Rio Tinto.

The company said in a statement the cooperation memorandum was
signed on Saturday by Rio Tinto Foundation chairman Noke Kiroyan
and the dean of UNPAD's math and science school, Supriyatna, at
the university campus.

Noke said the foundation will help finance geological study
and research at the university, including dissertation
preparations for three doctoral candidates.

He did not reveal the fund amount. (jsk)