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Simandou will help Rio Tinto dodge Australia's new environmental laws

Rio Tinto's big Simandou iron ore project in Guinea has suddenly become more important to the company, but not because of conventional supply and demand factors. Simandou has emerged as a winner from Australia's strict new carbon dioxide pollution laws.

Tim Treadgold
Simandou will help Rio Tinto dodge Australia's new environmental laws

  Rio Tinto chairman, Dominic Barton, touched lightly on the importance of Simandou in last week's address to the first round of the company's two-stage annual meeting in London with the Australian...

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