Goodbye Sam Walsh: Rio names copper boss as new CEO

In an unexpected announcement, mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE:RIO), the world’s second largest miner, said Thursday its chief executive, Sam Walsh, would retire on July 1 and that Jean-Sébastien Jacques, the copper and coal division boss, would take...

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