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"De Combret was a way to physically [break the nexus]"

Former Rio CEO talks about how the Guinea payment scandal came about

Sam Walsh said hiring Francois de Combret was the only way to get through to the Guinean government

Sam Walsh said hiring Francois de Combret was the only way to get through to the Guinean government

Rio Tinto (LN:RIO) lost half of its Simandou iron ore holdings in Guinea in 2011, managing to hold on to the remaining blocks with a $700 million payment to the government.  The new government under...

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