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Details about the detention of Stern Hu, as well as three other Rio employees, emerged just as a Shanghai paper reported Chinese steel mills have finally given in on annual iron ore prices, conceding to a 33 percent cut for six months, although both Rio Tinto and Chinese executives said talks were ongoing. It was unclear whether there was any tie between the two, but the detention follows a period of increasingly tense relations between the two vast trading partners, with iron ore negotiations running past the June 30 deadline and Rio snubbing a planned $19.5 billion investment by Chinalco last month. "I see no basis in any of that speculation," Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told reporters in Perth in response to talk the move was related to iron ore or the Chinalco deal. Smith also said he was very surprised by the detention and reasons for it and that the Australian government was still trying to seek access to Hu. He said there was the prospect Hu could be charged with criminal offences under Chinese law. Rio, which first confirmed the detentions a day ago, said it was aware of the allegation. "We have been advised by the Australian government of this surprising allegation. We are not aware of any evidence that would support such an investigation," a Rio spokeswoman said. Rio said the Shanghai office where the detained staff worked was mainly a sales and marketing operation for the company, the world's second-biggest iron ore producer. On June 5, Rio announced it had dumped plans for a $19.5 billion investment from state-owned Chinese metals firm Chinalco and instead sealed an iron ore joint venture with rival BHP Billiton. Several days later, China's official Xinhua news agency slammed Rio's "perfidy" for scrapping the deal. IRON ORE DEAL SAID The intrigue over the four Rio Tinto employees threatened to eclipse the potentially bigger news of Chinese steel mills finally backed down on iron ore prices, agreeing to the same 33 percent price cut that Japanese and other mills accepted, according to a report in the Shanghai-based China Business News. A deal would conclude some nine months of tense negotiations that threatened to scupper the decades-old annual pricing ritual and would frustrate China's efforts to wield more clout on global commodity markets, even where it is the dominant buyer. But a Rio Tinto spokesman and several Chinese executives said negotiations were ongoing, despite widespread industry talk that of an agreement reached this week. Officials from the China Steel and Iron Association declined to comment earlier in the day. "I've checked around this afternoon and there's still no deal so far, still negotiating," Tian Zhiping, vice general manager of the Hebei Iron and Steel Group, told Reuters. Dow Jones Newswires quoted Xu Lejiang, president of China's biggest steelmaker Baosteel, as saying talks were still going on with Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Taliban kill 8 police, surround east Afghan office also on reuters Blog: Burqa losing favour as Afghan women opt for chador FBI says mortgage fraud rampant and growing Commentary: The dollar’s Tinkerbell moment More International News China's Hu abandons G8 as ethnic unrest continues | Video U.S. drones hit Pakistan militants; Taliban leader hurt Indonesia's Yudhoyono wins second term; reform ahead | Video Pope shakes up office blamed for Holocaust denier Iraq group calls for further attacks on U.S. troops More International News... 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