Rio Tinto PLC

• Mining stocks have been on a tear, with gold passing $5,000. Analysts are split on what's next - Appetite for mining stocks has cooled over the past six months, according to a Citi note.
• Rio Tinto and Glencore restart talks over mega-merger that would create the world's largest mining firm - If completed, the deal would see the formation of the world’s biggest mining company.
• Hanwha Aerospace soars 11%, leading Asian defense stocks rally - Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Friday as investors parsed China's inflation data.