1326 GMT - Rio Tinto is among the most mentioned companies across news items over the past six hours, according to Factiva data, after the company admitted that it had lost an eight-millimeter-long capsule of radioactive material that can burn or sicken anyone who touches it. The capsule is believed to have fallen off a piece of equipment that was sent for repair from a mine in Newman to Perth, Western Australia. Authorities have started a search on the 870-mile highway amid worries that the capsule could have become lodged in a tire of any passing vehicles. The search efforts may also be affected by the time gap of nearly two weeks between the transport of the equipment and when the capsule was discovered to be missing on Jan. 25. "We recognize this is clearly very concerning and are sorry for the alarm it has caused in the Western Australian community," Rio's iron-ore division chief executive said in a statement. Dow Jones & Co. owns Factiva. (michael.susin@wsj.com)

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January 30, 2023 08:41 ET (13:41 GMT)

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