Rio appoints former BHP executive as new finance director
Christopher Lynch takes over longstanding finance director Guy Elliott.
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Alcoa opens Q4 earnings season on a positive note
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Ten amazing metal stories from 2012
From silver-lined prophylactics to iron Buddhas from space, 2012 has seen some strange and fascinating stories on the topics of both base and precious metals