Although a comma and the word and can join two main clauses, it is wrong to use a comma when the subject, The Rio board, is the same for both verbs.
The Rio board has steadfastly rejected the offer and refused to enter talks with BHP.
Source
‘EU threat to Rio takeover’, Sunday Times (Business), 2 November 2008, p. 2
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