Rio's operations improved under Jakob Stausholm, but investors questioned his lack of technical expertise from the start.

Executive leaving sooner than expected with heads of iron ore and aluminium units in the running to replace him ...

Jakob Stausholm to leave the big mining company Rio Tinto after just four years in the job and a contentious investment in ...

Rio Tinto Chairman Dominic Barton (also known as Bao Damin in Chinese) said that Stausholm had formulated a "compelling growth strategy" and that "now is the right time to appoint Jakob's successor as ...

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Chile's state-run mining body ENAMI has tapped Rio Tinto , for a 51% share of the Altoandinos lithium project, it said on ...

Rising institutional interest in developers, a surge in gold and cash takeovers show the mining cycle may be ticking back ...

The likely internal frontrunners will be Simon Trott, an Australian who heads Rio’s cash cow iron ore business, Chief ...

'Four years isn’t very long at the wheel of a FTSE 100 company, so it’s a surprise to see Rio Tinto announce the forthcoming ...

Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm will step down this year, and the search for a successor is under way, the FTSE 100 ...

Rio Tinto and Codelco formed a joint venture to develop a high-grade lithium project in Chile. Read why this partnership is ...

Argentina's government approved Rio Tinto's $2.5B Rincon lithium mining project, the first mining project under the country's ...