Rio Tinto names Shell’s Katie Jackson as new copper chief
Jackson, who is the current president of National Grid Ventures, an energy group, joins Rio Tinto on September 1.
Both big and small miners with interests in Australia have been speaking out against the proposed resource tax plans. Mincor Resources is one company that has already released calculations on the new tax’s effect on the re-opening of its Miitel nickel mine in Western Australia. Read more at http://www.im-mining.com/2010/05/07/projects-progress-despite-australian-resource-tax-plans-and-colombian-mining-code-changes/