NSW conditional approval for new coal mine slammed

Jackson, who is the current president of National Grid Ventures, an energy group, joins Rio Tinto on September 1.

Hancock acquired a 51% interest in the Mt Bevan project from Legacy Iron Ore Ltd. and Hawthorn Resources.

The world's largest listed miner said iron ore output from Western Australia on a 100% basis was 76.8 million tonnes in the three months to June 30.

Environmental campaigners are challenging the approval of a coking coal mine in northwest England.