Rio Tinto picks outgoing Canadian ambassador to China as chairman
Dominic Barton will join the board in April and take over as chair after Rio's annual general meeting on May 5, replacing Simon Thompson.
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Non-lithium stationary battery market shoots up in next decade — report
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The world wants more lithium but doesn’t want more mines
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First kilo of blockchain tracked gold shipped from Burkina Faso on Minexx platform
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