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Rio Tinto wake-up call

Mining major shows it can make mistakes

Barry FitzGerald*
Rio Tinto CEO J-S Jacques underground at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia

Rio Tinto CEO J-S Jacques underground at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia

In the Pilbara, unit costs for 2019 have been increased by US$1 a tonne to $14-$15/t. It doesn't sound like much but spread it over annual shipments of 320-330 million tonnes (down on cyclone impacts and...

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