Rio Tinto’s cuts are the deepest
Profits double after CEO Sam Walsh trims $3.2 billion of fat six months ahead of target and announces another $1 billion in cuts by end-2015.
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First Nations, environmentalists worry about salmon run after Mount Polley
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